Civic Exchanges across the Taiwan Strait Week 7
Civic Exchanges across the Taiwan Strait Week 7
Week 7:Teaching Outline Development of Civic Exchange Asymmetric Economic Relations Political Impact of Strait Exchanges on Mainland China
Week 7: Teaching Outline • Development of Civic Exchange • Asymmetric Economic Relations • Political Impact of Strait Exchanges on Mainland China
1.Development of Civic Exchange Political transition as a result of the detente of cross-strait relations (since 1979) The irrelevance of the martial law Political transition made people-to-people possible and inevitable Pressure from the civil society Three indirect links proposed by Chiu Hongda Appeals from the KMT's and DPP's representatives Retired soldiers were allowed to visit their family members in the mainland (1987)
1. Development of Civic Exchange • Political transition as a result of the détente of cross-strait relations (since 1979) – The irrelevance of the martial law • Political transition made people-to-people possible and inevitable – Pressure from the civil society – Three indirect links proposed by Chiu Hongda – Appeals from the KMT’s and DPP’s representatives – Retired soldiers were allowed to visit their family members in the mainland (1987)
1.Development of Civic Exchange Despite Lee Teng-hui's warning against the so-called the“mainland fever”and his policy of controlling strait exchange,which was followed by Chen Shui-bian, economic exchanges between the two sides have developed swiftly over the past twenty years
1. Development of Civic Exchange • Despite Lee Teng-hui’s warning against the so-called the “mainland fever” and his policy of controlling strait exchange, which was followed by Chen Shui-bian, economic exchanges between the two sides have developed swiftly over the past twenty years
1.Development of Civic Exchange By the end of 2012,88,001 Taiwanese business projects had been approved by the mainland,with $57.05 billion being actually invested,accounting for 4.5%of total foreign capitals the mainland had employed Cross-strait trade reached over $169 billion in the year 2012,with an accumulated amount of $1439 billion by the end of 2012(cf.SK 300 B for 2015)
1. Development of Civic Exchange • By the end of 2012, 88,001 Taiwanese business projects had been approved by the mainland, with $57.05 billion being actually invested, accounting for 4.5% of total foreign capitals the mainland had employed • Cross-strait trade reached over $169 billion in the year 2012, with an accumulated amount of $1439 billion by the end of 2012 (cf. SK 300 B for 2015)