Crouching tiger, lurking dragon: understanding Taiwan's sovereignty and trade linkages in the twenty-first century

Magcamit, Michael; Tan, Alexander C.

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“…Taiwan also began an exploratory study to examine the possibility of an FTA with India (Hsieh, 2019, p. 106; Ling & Chang, 2016, p. 364; Tsai & Liu, 2017, p. 23). Such bilateral FTAs are imperative for Taiwan as they achieve the political objective of ‘upgrading Taiwan’s de facto sovereignty’ by developing Taiwan’s substantive relations with non-diplomatic partners (Magcamit & Tan, 2014, p. 98).…”

Section: India’s and Taiwan’s Risk Diversification Strategymentioning

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“…India’s economic relations with Japan and Korea have improved significantly since the signing of the CEPAs with both countries. Taiwan’s ability of signing FTAs with states that it has non-diplomatic relations with depends on how much breathing space China is willing to give Taiwan in the international arena (Magcamit & Tan, 2014, p. 97). Despite that, Taiwan has been able to sign economic cooperation agreements with Singapore and New Zealand under the rubric of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as Taiwan is a full member of the WTO as a customs territory.…”

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India, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific: Economic–Security Strategic Partnership and Expected Utility Theory

Tan

2021

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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The China–India border dispute has witnessed escalations recently with China making fresh claims along the disputed border and deaths of Indian military personnel. This study examines the likelihood of a strategic partnership between India and Taiwan. We begin by assessing India’s ‘Act East Policy’ and Taiwan’s ‘New Southbound Policy’ for any points of congruence between these two policies. We then propose an expected utility model of India’s decision calculus. Using the theoretical implication of the model, we then examine the likelihood of a strategic partnership along two dimensions—an economic and a defence–security partnership. This study argues that the value added by an economic strategic partnership between the two countries may be substantial, and the likelihood of such a partnership may be significant. However, the likelihood of a defence–security partnership is substantially less in the bilateral sphere, although at the multilateral level there are areas where defence cooperation can occur.

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India, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific: Economic–Security Strategic Partnership and Expected Utility Theory

Tan

2021

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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“…Cross-strait relations have been greatly improved since 2008. 7 However, trading with China is still seen as “trading with the enemy” for many Taiwanese people due to national security concerns (Cabestan and DeLisle, 2014; Chan, 2009; Chen et al, 2009; Magcamit and Tan, 2015; Yu and Lin, 2013). Before the Ma Ying-Jeou Administration, trade and investment between the two sides were banned de jure despite the fact that the percentage of Taiwanese exports to China has consistently been nearly 40 percent for decades, and more than 60 percent of outward investments from Taiwan have gone to China since 1991.…”

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Who Supports the Sunflower Movement? An Examination of Nationalist Sentiments

Chen

Yen

2016

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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The Sunflower Movement—an occupation of the Legislative Yuan (the Congress) for 24 days—was an unprecedented moment in the history of Taiwan. We examine the social foundation of the Movement and explore an important factor that has long been missing in the literature of Taiwanese politics: nationalism. We divide nationalism into three dimensions: national attachment, national chauvinism, and feelings toward other countries. Using original survey data collected six months after the Movement, we find that national attachment (being proud of Taiwan) and anti-China feelings are unique dimensions and both lead to a higher level of support for the Sunflower Movement. National chauvinism, on the other hand, is not associated with supports for the Movement. Furthermore, the impact of nationalism is contingent on sociotropic views. People who express higher levels of nationalism are more responsive to the issue of rising income inequality when evaluating the Movement. The underlying logic is when people are more nationalistic they care more about the potential social impact of expanding socio-economic exchanges with another country. These results point to it being necessary to disentangle various components of nationalism and further investigate their effects on individuals’ political behaviors.

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“… 36. Michael I. Magcamit and Alexander C. Tan, Crouching tiger, lurking dragon: Understanding Taiwan’s sovereignty and trade linkages in the twenty-first century, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 15(1), 2015: 81–112. …”

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Visceral politics across the Strait: Food and risk in China–Taiwan relations

Kan

Yuen²

2018

China Information

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The globalization of food systems has led to the increased circulation of food risks across national boundaries. While there is a rich literature on the domestic risk politics of food safety in China, much less attention has been given to the external dimension of China’s food safety issues and how these interplay with relations in the international arena. This article examines the visceral politics of food and risk in China–Taiwan relations. Drawing on the scandal of the export of tainted milk products from China to Taiwan in 2008 and the ongoing food safety debates surrounding the implementation of the Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, we argue that perceptions of and responses to food risks cannot be considered in isolation from the political, economic and social context of cross-strait relations where different state, societal and media actors interact in the construction of risks. Rather than being a purely technical matter of safety assessment, the identification, representation and management of food risks are shown to be a social process that is contested at all times.

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Crouching tiger, lurking dragon: understanding Taiwan's sovereignty and trade linkages in the twenty-first century

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

India, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific: Economic–Security Strategic Partnership and Expected Utility Theory

India, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific: Economic–Security Strategic Partnership and Expected Utility Theory

Who Supports the Sunflower Movement? An Examination of Nationalist Sentiments

Visceral politics across the Strait: Food and risk in China–Taiwan relations

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