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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Preface to Volume III -- Chapter 1 China's Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy to African Nations-I -- Chapter 2 China's Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy to African Nations-II -- Chapter 3 China's Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy inOther Regions-Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Oceania -- Chapter 4 Summary and Conclusions -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography for Volume III -- Index

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Preface to Volume II -- Chapter 1 China's Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 2 China's Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy in South Asia -- Chapter 3 China's Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy in Northeast and Central Asia -- Chapter 4 Using Aid and Investment Diplomacy to Isolate Taiwan -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography for Volume II -- Index

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Preface to Volume I -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Nature and Scope of China's Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy -- Chapter 2 China's Worldview and Its Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy -- Chapter 3 China's Economy and Its Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy -- Chapter 4 China's Foreign Policy Goals and Its Foreign Aid and Investment Diplomacy -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography for Volume I -- Index

This book focuses on the KMT's reputation for economic management, democratization, and good leadership that made its return to power in 2008 possible. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party's corruption was also a factor. The KMT seems ready to continue to rule for some time suggesting short turnovers in ruling parties unlikely.

This book provides an overview of electronic signal processing for optical fiber communications and an in-depth discussion of some hot topics in this area, such as electronic dispersion compensation, signal processing after coherent detection, and analog integrated circuits.

Taiwan in Troubled Times is concerned with Taiwan's politics and its relations with China following the election of Chen Shui-bian as President in March 2000. This event created problems between Taiwan and China and led to political gridlock in Taiwan. The Chen Administration is evaluated in this book. So is President Chen's party, which evolved as an opposition party and is now in power but is unaccustomed to the role. Contents: Introduction (J F Copper); Taiwan in Gridlock (J F Copper); Whither Cross-Strait Relations (L-J Sheng); The Democratic Progressive Party's Factional Politics (C-M Chao); Dynamic Stability in Beijing-Taipei Relations (G W Tsai); Taiwan's December 2001 Election (J F Copper); Appendices: China's White Paper on Taiwan; Zhu Rongji's Statement Before Taiwan Election; Chen Shui-bian's Victory Speech; Chen Shui-bian's Inauguration Address; President Chen's National Day Address, 2000; President's New Year's Eve Address; President's New Year's Address; President's First Anniversary Speech; Economic Conference Closing Address; Resolutions of Economic Conference; President's National Day Address, 2001; President's Comments on the APEC Conference. Readership: Academics, graduate students and undergraduates with an interest in Taiwan and Taiwan-China.

In late 2022, Taiwan held its every four years mid-term election that was comprised of almost all of its local electoral contests; the ruling Democratic Progressive Party lost. President Tsai Ing-wen was blamed for the defeat for having focused excessively on tension with China while ignoring local problems. She was also seen to depend too much on the Biden administration's China's policy. After the election, observers predicted the election would give the opposition Nationalist Party (or Kuomintang, KMT) momentum to win the national presidential, vice-presidential and legislative election in January 2024. Subsequent events and polls, however, indicated a close contest.

In this article, the author assesses the current status of Taiwan's two main political parties focusing on the Democratic Progress Party's (DPP) current popularity and its ruling party status and the Kuomintang's (KMT) feelings of defeatism and malaise. Lack of party unity is a big factor. So are recent laws that handicap the KMT. Thus, it appears the KMT will do poorly in the upcoming election in late 2022. However, the situation may be different in 2024. The KMT has time to fix its problems while other factors suggest certain trends may operate to its advantage.

US China and US Taiwan policies in the first half-year plus of the Biden administration saw relations with China deteriorate and improve with Taiwan. This furthered trends of the Trump presidency and appeared to push the United States closer to a war with China. The author also looks at the power relationship between the two countries and President Biden's desperate efforts to gather allies against China, making it a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism.

Few observers notice that Beijing and Taipei espouse virtually identical policies vis-à-vis the South China Sea. When they do they see it as ironic, the two being mutually hostile. There are good reasons for this: Taipei's claims bolster Beijing's. They arguably support one-China. Taiwan's military leaders see their position alone as unenforceable. Taiwan's government and residents resent the UN's demeaning attitude and exclusion of Taiwan from involvement.

This article assesses the status of theories of Taiwan's election winners and losers, looking at the 2020 campaign and the election results. Both seemed to prove the pendulum (alternating party) theory. But the evidence was weak, mainly coincidental, while other constructs and ideas played a major role.

This article assesses the Donald J Trump administration's pursuit of closer relations with Taiwan beginning in March 2018, which some observers labelled as "playing the Taiwan card". The US trade dispute with China was the backdrop. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and her party exaggerated the significance of this as they head towards an election in January 2020. It was uncertain, however, how lasting US policies might be and if the trend would continue if and when the trade war ended.