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Title:	Why Is China Unwelcome in Taiwan? Cultural Alienation, Democratic Anxiety or Economic Loss in Explaining Taiwanese Resistance to China
Authors:	曾偉峰 TZENG, WEI-FENG 李冠成 LEE, KUAN-CHEN MACAULAY, CHRISTOPHER
Contributors:	Issues & Studies
Keywords:	Taiwan;China;cross-strait relations;resistance to China
Date:	2017-12
Issue Date:	2019-04-02 09:32:35 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	This paper explores the factors that affect Taiwanese citizens` resistance to closer relations with China. Elements in Taiwanese society have recently exhibited a strong sense of anxiety in the face of a rising China. Distinct from the past military confrontation between China and Taiwan, more recently. Taiwanese citizens have been subject to a strengthening of cross-Strait relations and interactions, which makes their rising resistance to China puzzling. To empirically and theoretically explain why Taiwanese are resistant to closer ties with the mainland, we discuss three potential sources: cultural alienation, democratic anxiety, and economic interest. We test the effects of these three attitudinal factors on Taiwanese resistance to Chinese tourists, students, and workers using the China Impact Survey 2012 data set. The findings suggest that democratic anxiety, economic interest, and cultural alienation are all strong predictors in accounting for the public`s resistance to Chinese tourists and students, while economic interest is the most powerful factor in Taiwanese attitudes toward policies regarding Chinese workers. The findings provide important policy implications for policy makers in dealing with cross-Strait relations.
Relation:	Issues & Studies, 53(4), 1750011
Data Type:	article
DOI link:	https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013251117500114
DOI:	10.1142/S1013251117500114
Appears in Collections:	[Issues & Studies: A Social Science Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs] Issues & Studies [The Institute of International Relations ] Periodical Articles

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