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Agents of Taiwan-China Unification? The Political Roles of Taiwanese Business People in the Process of Cross-Strait Integration
Shu Keng,
Shu Keng
Shu Keng is Associate Professor at the School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China.
Gunter Schubert
Gunter Schubert is Chair Professor of Greater China Studies at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies and Director of the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT), University of Tuebingen, Germany.
Asian Survey (2010) 50 (2): 287–310.
https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2010.50.2.287
Shu Keng, Gunter Schubert; Agents of Taiwan-China Unification? The Political Roles of Taiwanese Business People in the Process of Cross-Strait Integration. Asian Survey 1 March 2010; 50 (2): 287–310. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2010.50.2.287
The political roles of Taiwanese business people (taishang) in cross-strait relations have been increasingly noteworthy under Hu Jintao's policy of "counting on the Taiwanese people." But contrary to widely accepted allegations, this paper argues that attempts by China to use Taiwanese business people as a means to gain political leverage over Taiwan will probably not pan out as a successful strategy.
China, Taiwan, cross-strait integration, taishang
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