LEADER 05334nam 22006734a 450 001 9910219989503321 005 20230120034942.0 010 $a1-281-18076-9 010 $a9786611180768 010 $a0-8330-4253-X 010 $a1-4337-0944-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000345695 035 $a(EBL)290348 035 $a(OCoLC)476046556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145108 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10110644 035 $a(PQKB)10439036 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL290348 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10225502 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4970046 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL118076 035 $a(OCoLC)1027167709 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC290348 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4970046 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000345695 100 $a20061019d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChinese economic coercion against Taiwan$b[electronic resource] $ea tricky weapon to use /$fMurray Scot Tanner 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND Corporation$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (179 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8330-3969-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 145-158). 327 $aCover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Potential for Economic Coercion; Purpose of This Study; Organization of This Monograph; Chapter Two - Economic Coercion: Factors Affecting Success and Failure; Defining Economic Coercion/Economic Pressure; Mainland Chinese Economic Pressure: Serving Many Political Goals; Likely Scenarios for Chinese Economic Coercion Against Taiwan; Factors Affecting Success and Failure of Economic CoercionAgainst Taiwan; Economic Factors That Help Determine Success or Failure 327 $aPolitical Factors That Help Determine Success or FailureEfforts to Subvert or Change Taiwan's Government; Likely Issues in a Beijing-Taipei Economic Confrontation; International Support for the Initiating and Target Countries; Chapter Three - Taiwan's Struggle to Manage Expanding Cross-Strait Economic Ties; Key Conclusions: Taipei's Powerful Dilemmas in ControllingCross-Strait Trade and Investment; Taiwan's Major Policies Designed to Limit Mainland Influence; Beijing's Initial Entreaties to Taiwan; Encouraging Diversification: President Lee's "Go South" Policy 327 $aTightening Administrative Oversight and Controls:"No Haste, Be Patient"From "No Haste, Be Patient" to"Active Opening, Effective Management"; Business and Opposition Party Reactions; Holiday Direct Flights; Conclusion: Overall Evaluations of Taiwan's Government Policy; Chapter Four - Economic Factors: Evaluating Taiwan's Vulnerability; Main Findings; The Rapid Expansion of Cross-Strait Trade and Investment; Gauging the Importance of Cross-Strait Economic Relations toTaiwan's Economy; The Strategic Significance of Current Cross-Strait Economic Ties 327 $aThe Rising Importance of Mainland-Based Production:The Information Technology SectorStrategic Resources: Vulnerability to Cutoff; Vulnerability to Deliberate Economic Disruption: Stock Markets; Disruption of Taiwan's Information Networks; Coda: China's Economic Dependence on Taiwan; Conclusion: Putting Taiwan's Economic Vulnerability in Perspective; Chapter Five - Political Factors: Converting Economic Influence into Political Leverage; Political Factors Influencing the Success or Failure ofEconomic Pressure; Domestic Politics and Their Influence on Economic Coercion 327 $aMajor Findings: Obstacles to Beijing's Political LeverageTurning Economic Influence into Political Leverage: Beijing's Strategies; Seeking Conduits of Influence in Taiwan; Beijing's Efforts to Leverage the Taishang; Beijing's Counterproductive Strategy Toward the Taishang; The Impact of Economic Pressure on Mainland Chinese Politics; Chapter Six - China's Economic Leverage: A Powerful Weapon, but Tricky to Use; Taiwan's Rising "Asymmetric Interdependence" with Mainland China; Mainland Economic Vulnerabilities; Potential Risks for U.S. Interests:Beijing's Frustrations and Taipei's Fears 327 $aBibliography 330 $aThis book analyzes the political impact of mainland China and Taiwan's rapidly growing economic relationship and evaluates the prospects for Beijing to exploit it by employing economic coercion against Taiwan. The author evaluates Taiwan's potential economic vulnerability to efforts by the Chinese to cut off or disrupt key aspects of the cross-strait relationship and analyzes the challenges that China has faced in its efforts to convert this potential economic influence into effective political leverage. 607 $aChina$xForeign economic relations$zTaiwan 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zTaiwan 607 $aTaiwan$xForeign economic relations$zChina 607 $aTaiwan$xForeign relations$zChina 676 $a337.5105124/9 700 $aTanner$b Murray Scot$01035366 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219989503321 996 $aChinese economic coercion against Taiwan$92455053 997 $aUNINA