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Taiwan and the People's Republic of China foes or partners?

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Taiwan is developing ever more perceptibly into what both Peking and Taipei consider it to be: a province of China, albeit a province sui generis—part of China and yet an independent state, enjoying world-wide recognition though denied diplomatic relations, a leading commercial power but without proper commercial treaties. The prosperity which has been generated in the island is an ever present temptation for the People's Republic. Is it tempting enough to provoke an appeal to arms? Or is Red China's perfectly legitimate interest directed primarily at the exchange of goods and technologies?

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  1. Further information about mainland China's development concept will be found in Hans-Gert Braun, Die wirtschaftliche Offnung Chinas—ihr entwicklungstheoretischer Hintergrund (The economic opening of China—the development theoretical background), in: Ifo Schnelldienst, 1/79, p. 5 ff.

  2. cf. Werner Klatt, China's National Accounts—as seen by Western Analysts, Cologne, December 1978.

  3. Cf. Werner Klatt, ibid, China's National Accounts—as seen by Western Analysts, Cologne, December 1978. p. 41 f.

  4. According to a report by the Central News Agency, Taipel, dated February 1979.

  5. Cf. Werner H. Strigel, Industrialisierungserfolge in Taiwan (Industrialization successes in Taiwan), in: Ifo Schnelldienst, No. 22/1978.

  6. Cf. Hans-Bernd Schäfer, Einige Probleme der neuen chinesischen Industrialisierungsstrategie (Some problems of the new Chinese Industrialization strategy), in: Vierteljahresberichte, No. 74, 1978, p. 275 ff.

  7. Cf. also Anton Gälli, Außenhandel der VR China und Taiwans—ein Systemvergleich (The foreign trade of the PR China and Taiwan—a comparison of two systems), in: Ifo Schnelldienst, No. 31, 1976.

  8. The total foreign trade volume of the People's Republic in 1978 is estimated at $ 17 bn.

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  1. Ifo-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Munich

    Axel J. Halbach

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A longer version of this article, in German, can be found In: Ifo Schnelldienst, 8/79, p. 13 ff.

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Halbach, A.J. Taiwan and the People's Republic of China foes or partners?. Intereconomics 14, 145–154 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924556

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