Hsu Ssu-ch'in. and Chen Teh-sheng (eds), Taishang dalu touzi ershi nian: jingyan, fazhan yu qianzhan (Taiwanese Investment in China During the Past Two Decades: Experiences, Developments and Prospects), New Taipei City, INK, 2011; Keng Shu, Lin Rui-hua et al. (eds), Taishang yanjiu (Taishang Studies), Taipei, Wunan, 2012. 3. Most importantly, the Chinese government promulgated a new Labour Contract Law, which went into effect on 1 January 2008. This stipulates that employees of at least ten years' standing are entitled to contracts that protect them from being dismissed without cause. Also, the law requires employers to contribute to employees' social security accounts and sets wage standards for employees who are on probation and working overtime. All our Taishang respondents at the time complained that this new law would raise labour costs significantly and have a negative effect on the already deteriorating business environment. The introduction by Chinese local governments of new environmental protection regulations and the turn toward attracting "clean" and high tech industries while discriminating against polluting and labour-intensive production since the mid-2000s have further contributed to this development. 4. See Chun-yi Lee, Taiwanese Business or Chinese Security Asset? A Changing Pattern of Interaction between Taiwanese Businesses and Chinese Governments, London, New York, Routledge, 2012; Chen T.-s. and Huang C.-c., "Dalu taishang zhuanxing shengji: zhengjing beijing yu changuanxue hudong" (Transformation and Upgrading of Taiwanese Entrepreneurs: Political Background and Interaction between Businesspeople, Officials and Academicians), in Tung Chen-yuan and Cao Xiaoheng (eds), Liang'an jingji guanxi de jiyu yu tiaozhan (Challenges and Opportunities for Cross-Strait Economic Relations), Taipei, Hsin-rui wen-chuang, 2013, pp. 73-95. 5. See Shu Keng, Gunter Schubert et al., "Taiwan and Globalisation. Reflections on the Trajectory of Taishang Studies," in Kuei-fen Chiu, Dafydd Fell et al. (eds), Migration to and from Taiwan, London,