International Political Economy: Taiwan
Made in Taiwan, an all too familiar sticker found on many products you and I purchase everyday. Taiwan is slightly smaller than Delaware and Maryland combined yet boasts an economy rivaling that of the top nations in the world. Taiwan is known for its rapid economic growth in the 80s and 90s due to the demand for textiles and electronic computer chips manufactured there. However, Taiwan’s once boisterous economy is now beginning to slow its pace due to outsourcing and government restrictions on trade with China.
Taiwan is a democratic nation that has a dynamic capitalist economy. Its neighbor China, on the other hand, is a communist state. This normally would not be too much of a problem except for the rough history between these two countries. To explain the economic crisis Taiwan faces with China, one must understand the history between the two. In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese......

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