Border Crossing in Greater China

Production, Community and Identity
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-415-74485-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

China’s transformation from a poor and underdeveloped country into a global market power has profoundly altered its socioeconomic power relations with the other countries in the Greater China region, namely, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Indeed, this economic shift has resulted in the massive flow of capital and people from Taiwan as well as Hong Kong to China, to seek business opportunities and new lifestyles. These flows have in turn completely transformed longstanding borderlines in the region.

This book examines the transformation of Taiwan and Hong Kong’s socioeconomic relationships with China as their economies have become more deeply integrated into Greater China. Across three key sections, it explores the impact of increasing social interaction and the shrinking of existing borderlines to ask whether these changes will bring about a convergence of identity among the people involved. "Production" examines how investments from Taiwan and Hong Kong to China have transformed production networks; "Community" explores the impact of cross-boundary mobility and the integration of migrants into Chinese communities; and finally, "Identity" engages with what is one of the most important issues in contemporary Taiwanese society.

Border Crossing in Greater China contributes not only to theoretical debates on border crossing issues, but also provides valuable insights on the practical concerns regarding social and political integration and tensions in the region. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Taiwan studies, Chinese studies, Chinese society and Chinese economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Jenn-Hwan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Production 1. Managing Cross-Border Innovation Networks: Taiwanese IC design firms in China, Jenn-Hwan Wang and Sheng-Wen Tseng 2. Embedded Trust and Beyond: The Organizational Network Transformation of Taishang’s Shoe Industry in China, Chih-Peng Cheng 3. Taiwanese Architects and Post-Mao China’s Production of the Built Environment, Shiuh-Shen Chien 4. Establishing Guanxi in Chinese Markets: Comparative Analysis of Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese Expatriates in mainland China, Shigeto Sonoda Part II: Community and Daily Lives 5. Local Response of "Growth" and "Dependency": A Case Study of Taiwan Businessmen in Suzhou, China, Chia-Ming Chang and Ter-Hsing Cheng 6. Snobbish Women: Taiwanese Females’ life-style migration in China, Ping Lin 7. Marginal Mobilities: the new inward migration process to inner china by Taiwanese manufacturing companies and skilled workers, Jian-Bang Deng 8. Making Intimate Economy: masculine play, institutionalization, and social hierarchy, Xiu-Hua Shen 9. Intimacy Across Borders? The second-wife phenomenon and the gendered negotiation of class in Greater China, Suo-Wei Xiao Part III: Identity Formation 10. How Identities Matter?: Taiwanese cultural workers in China, Yen-Fen Tseng 11. Class or Identity Matters? The social assimilation of Taiwanese sojourners in China, Rui-Hua Lin, Shu Keng, and Richard Wei-Xing Hu 12. Ethnic Identity of Hong Kong People: an academic question turned political, Robert Ting-Yiu Chung and Edward Chit-Fai Tai 13. Hong Kong and ‘Diasporic’ China, Angelina Chin

Über Autor(innen)

Jenn-hwan Wang is Chair Professor of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies at National Chengchi University, Taiwan.