EAST ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND TAIWAN : TAIWAN'S SPACE IN REGIONALISM

東アジアの経済統合と台湾 : 地域主義における台湾のスペース

Siau Jia Jia

The consolidation of initial social exchange, trade and politic regionally are to produce a combination between regional distributions in economic leverage and political alliance. The construction of regionalism in East Asia was initiated by the rapid connection in trade industry and financial sector. The escalating overseas investment within the region has encouraged the building of consciousness on regional cooperation. The almost instantaneous creation of ASEAN+3 in 1997 has opened more chances to regional advancement and creating more opportunities for feasible projects progressively. The idea to evolve ASEAN+3 into a more regional representative entity was never an easy task because East Asia is economically and politically crucial to political interests group.

Not only seeking for better performance in economic sector, a triangular link among ASEAN, China and Taiwan is also tangled over diplomatic issues. Both China and Taiwan are recognized as two economic powers that have shown strong-will to improve the relationship while continuing to have connection with ASEAN in various opportunities. However, Taiwan was naturally omitted from international stage and also any governmental leads regional discussion due to China's insistence on "one China" policy.……

社会科学 [ 300 ]

英語

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