Abstract:This chapter aims to examine how Taiwan impacted upon China through the technology flow from Taiwan to China, and how Taiwan played a part in linking China's manufacturing with the United States. Theoretically this chapter challenges the Global Value Chain (GVC) theory in that it overlooks the possibility that first-league countries may not be willing to share all the knowledge insights. This chapter also investigates the role of Taiwan in the GVC ladder. In the high-tech industry-for instance, the semiconduct… Show more
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