This book explores how technological change is influencing the dynamics of relations between mainland China and Taiwan. Using the latest research, it examines the acceleration of technology-led and how it shapes three key dimensions of the cross-Strait relationship: the overarching security context; the economic context; and the cultural context.

Autorentext
Kelvin Cheung, Institute of Education, Hong Kong Jens Damm, Tübingen University, Germany Elisabeth Forster, University of Oxford, UK Elizabeth Freund Larus, University of Mary Washington, USA Steven M. Goldstein, Harvard University, USA Shelley Rigger, Political Science at Davidson College, North Carolina, USA Fang-long Shih, London School of Economics, UK Ching-Jung Tsai, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

Inhalt
Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors 1. Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations in an Era of Technological Change: Introduction; Elisabeth Forster and Jan Knoerich 2. Post-Election Cross-Strait Relations: High Hopes and Low Expectations; Steven M. Goldstein 3. Technological Change and China's Naval Modernization: Security Implications for Taiwan; Elizabeth Freund Larus 4. Taiwanese Business in Mainland China: From Domination to Marginalization?; Shelley Rigger 5. Do Mainland Chinese Firms Transform towards 'Indigenous Innovation'? The Paradox of Increasing Economic Integration across the Taiwan Straits; Ching-Jung Tsai 6. The Role of High Technology in Mainland China's Outward Investment into Taiwan: Economic, Security and Cultural Dimensions; Jan Knoerich 7. Cross-Strait Cyberspace: Between Public Sphere and Nationalist Battleground; Jens Damm 8. From Politics to Culture: Taiwanization Discourses and the Techno Nazha Performance; Fang-long Shih 9. Bridging the Cultural Gap across the Taiwan Strait Lung Ying-tai and the Case of the Magazine Freezing Point; Kelvin Cheung 10. Technological Change and Cross-Strait Dynamics in the Twenty First Century; Paul Irwin Crookes