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ills pertinent to parliamentary reform in Taiwan.
The Nation Security and Diplomacy section features a study of Taiwan’s
sovereignty status by Stephen Chen and a solution to the Taiwan question by Hung
Chien-chao. This section also assesses the likelihood that China will become a
regional hegemon by Lan Ning-li and the influence of ethnic Chinese in American
Society by Ko Wei-shin.
The Economy section provides a fair and clear evaluation of the beneficial
effects on Taiwan as an economic integration goes on between it and the Chinese
mainland.
Hsu Chen-min examines strategies for financial exchanges and cooperation
across the Taiwan Strait in the Finance section, which also features Lee Yun-jie’s
study on the effectiveness of performance-based budgeting of Taiwan and Yophy
Huang’s treatise on tax reform.
Three authors contribute to the two sections that follow. Ling Shiang-nung
analyzes the impact of high oil prices on Taiwan’s agriculture in the Agriculture and
Fisheries section. The Sustainable Development section is highlighted by the call for
reconstruction of dangerous bridges by George S.Y. Chen and a study on carbon tax
by Liang Chi-yuan.
The Sports, Media and Culture section includes an analysis of development
trends in physical fitness for Taiwan’s children and adolescents by Chao Li-yun and
Tseng Hui-chin, propositions for cross-straight cooperation in media exchange by
Chao Yi and Chu Jui-ting, and an analysis of political influence on cultural policy by
Han Pao-teh.
Two Issues are discussed in the last section on Social Security: Long-term care
and long term care insurance for the aged by Yaung Chih-liang and the protection of
dispatched workers’ right by Cheng Chih-yu.
It is hoped that this volume will give readers an explicit insight into how
Taiwan’s politics and society evolved in 2008. What happened in Taiwan, an economy
that is among the largest in Asia and a democracy that has yet to mature, may have
important implications for countries across the world.
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