The Future Kinmen
Paradise or Mirage?
Chinese investors are making far greater inroads into the outlying island of Kinmen than Chinese troops did over half a century ago. But are their ambitious projects the real deal or simply a mirage?
Machinery Industry
China Firms Seek to Buy Upgrade
Taiwan's machinery industry has become a target for Chinese firms to study and poach personnel. Next year, the arrival of the "big players" will signal a new era of both cooperation and intense competition in the cross-strait machinery industry.
Cross-strait Investment
Chinese Wolves at Taiwan's Door
Chinese investors have invaded Taiwan's shores with amazing speed and stealth, raising the stakes, and changing the game rules. How do Taiwanese companies plan on dancing with these wolves?
Meet Your New Neighbors, Taipei
China's Rich Stir Up Taipei Property Market
The good life in Taipei is luring a new crop of wealthy Chinese nationals. As an upsurge of developers and brokers caters to this new demand for luxury housing in Greater Taipei, how will the rules of the property game change?
Economics Minister Shih Yen-shiang
Foreign, Chinese Capital Must be Viewed Separately
Taiwan's top economic official talks about the role of investment capital from China, strategies to regulate it, and finding mutually beneficial openings for cross-strait trade.
Xu Mang:
Taiwan Is China’s Training Ground for Going Global
The chief economist at China's Taiwan Affairs Office considers Taiwan's role in the Chinese economy, and the road to a win-win narrative in coordinated development across the Taiwan Strait.