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Title

Rival partners : how Taiwanese entrepreneurs and Guangdong officials forged the China development model / by Wu Jieh-min ; translated by Stacy Mosher.

Author

Wu, Jiemin, 1962-

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2022.
• ©2022

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Additional Authors

• Mosher, Stacy
• Harvard University. Asia Center, publisher.

Description

xxxii, 497 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Taiwan has been depicted as an island facing the incessant threat of forcible unification with the People's Republic of China. Why, then, has Taiwan spent more than three decades pouring capital and talent into China? In award-winning 'Rival Partners', Jieh-min Wu follows the development of Taiwanese enterprises in China over twenty-five years and provides fresh insights. The geopolitical shift in Asia beginning in the 1970s and the global restructuring of value chains since the 1980s created strong incentives for Taiwanese entrepreneurs to rush into China despite high political risks and insecure property rights. Taiwanese investment, in conjunction with Hong Kong capital, laid the foundation for the world's factory to flourish in the southern province of Guangdong, but official Chinese narratives play down Taiwan's vital contribution. It is hard to imagine the Guangdong model without Taiwanese investment, and, without the Guangdong model, China's rise could not have occurred. Going beyond the received wisdom of the "China miracle" and "Taiwan factor," Wu delineates how Taiwanese businesspeople, with the cooperation of local officials, ushered global capitalism into China. By partnering with its political archrival, Taiwan has benefited enormously, while helping to cultivate an economic superpower that increasingly exerts its influence around the world"--

Series Statement

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 133

Uniform Title

• Xun zu Zhongguo. English
• Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 133.

Alternative Title

Xun zu Zhongguo.

Subject

• Since 1949
• Investments, Taiwan > China > Guangdong Sheng
• Corporations, Taiwan > China > Guangdong Sheng
• Rent seeking > China > Guangdong Sheng > History
• Corporations, Taiwan
• Economic history
• Economic policy
• Investments, Taiwan
• Rent seeking
• Economic conditions
• Guangdong Sheng (China) > Economic conditions
• China > Economic policy > 1949-
• China
• China > Guangdong Sheng

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Map -- Foreword / by Elizabeth J. Perry -- Preface to the English Edition -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction : Taishang, China, and the World. 1. The Taishang enigma -- 2. Exploitation with Chinese characteristics -- 3. The neomercantilist policy -- 4. The United States challenges China's industrial strategy -- 5. The Taishang perspective -- 6. How this book is organized -- Chapter One. Forging the Factory of the World. 1. Analytical focus -- 2. The march toward becoming the factory of the world -- 3. An examination of existing theoretical propositions -- 4. The GVC and local growth alliances -- 5. Cases, methods, and data -- Chapter Two. The Origins, Performance, and Evolution of the Guangdong Model. 1. One step ahead : Opportunity and risk -- 2. The origins of the Guangdong model -- 3. Guangdong's economic performance -- 4. Changing trends in Guangdong's macro environment -- Chapter Three. Taiyang Company, 1979-94. 1. A brief history of Taiyang Company -- 2. The business model at the Taiwan Stage -- 3. Proceeding to Guangdong : The shifting of GVCs -- 4. Faux joint ventures and the head tax -- 5. Guanqiang and the head-counting game -- 6. The 1994 foreign exchange reform -- 7. Building a new factory in Nafu Village -- 8. The institutional emergence of the head tax -- Chapter Four. Taiyang Company, 1995-2010. 1. Nafu Village : The grassroots unit of the EOI growth model -- 2. The second generation takes over -- 3. Changes in government-business relations -- 4. The localization of cadres and increasing social insurance fees -- 5. Closing the factory -- 6. The disappearance of the head tax and the emergence of social insurance fees -- Chapter Five. The Migrant Worker Class : Differential Citizenship, Double Exploitation, and the Labor Regime. 1. The state creates the migrant worker class -- 2. The figuration of the migrant worker class -- 3. The dual labor market : The myth of low wages and overtime -- 4. Differential citizenship and double exploitation -- 5. New urban protectionism : Discrimination in education and social insurance -- 6. Reexploring the labor regime -- Chapter Six. Taiwanese- and Chinese-Owned Companies under the Transformation of the Guangdong Model. 1. State policy and changes in government-business relations -- 2. Smiles Shoes Company : A Taishang transforms on the ground -- 3. Taishin Shoe Manufacturing Group : The diversified transformation of a Taiwanese company -- 4. The changing ecosystems of Taiwanese and Chinese companies -- 5. Industrial and social upgrading -- Chapter Seven. The GVC and the Rent-Seeking Developmental State. 1. Changes in the GVC and reorganization of the growth alliances -- 2. A theory of the rent-seeking developmental state -- 3. Comparing the development experiences of China and the rest of East Asia -- 4. A preliminary evaluation of the semiconductor industrial upgrading blueprint of Made in China 2025 -- Conclusion : Pitfalls and Challenges. 1. The pitfalls of China's development -- 2. The United States challenges Made in China 2025 -- 3. China and globalization theory -- Glossary -- Index of interview codes -- Works cited -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 23-916

ISBN

• 9780674278226
• 0674278224

LCCN

• 2022020657
• 40031476337

OCLC

1322836632

Author

Wu, Jiemin, 1962- author.

Title

Rival partners : how Taiwanese entrepreneurs and Guangdong officials forged the China development model / by Wu Jieh-min ; translated by Stacy Mosher.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 133

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 133.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1949

Added Author

Mosher, Stacy, translator.

Harvard University. Asia Center, publisher.

Translation Of:

Translation of: Wu, Jiemin, 1962- Xun zu Zhongguo. Chu ban. Taibei Shi : Guo li Taiwan da xue chu ban zhong xin, 2019 nian 3 yue 9789863503361 (DLC) 2019372975 (OCoLC)1101931042

Other Standard Identifier

40031476337

Research Call Number

JFE 23-916