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Chinese investment in Taiwan: challenge or opportunity for Taiwan’s high-technology industrial development? (2017)
Journal Article
Lee, C.-Y., & Yin, M.-X. (in press). Chinese investment in Taiwan: challenge or opportunity for Taiwan’s high-technology industrial development?. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 46(1),

Cross-Strait economic activities are no longer one-directional. The Taiwanese government opened the doors to Chinese investment in 2009.
The aim of this paper is to address the crucial question: What are the impacts of Chinese investment on Taiwan’s... Read More about Chinese investment in Taiwan: challenge or opportunity for Taiwan’s high-technology industrial development?.

Growing or perishing? The development of labour NGOs (2015)
Book Chapter
Lee, C.-Y. (2015). Growing or perishing? The development of labour NGOs. In A. Fulda (Ed.), Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China: environment, social development and international cooperation. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137518644

It is not easy to set up non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China. They have to register with the government and, for a long time, the government subjected them to a complicated qualification system. They could not register with the Ministry of... Read More about Growing or perishing? The development of labour NGOs.

Learning a lesson from Taiwan? A comparison of changes and continuity of labour policies in Taiwan and China (2014)
Journal Article
Lee, C.-Y. (2014). Learning a lesson from Taiwan? A comparison of changes and continuity of labour policies in Taiwan and China. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43(3),

This paper argues that the comparison of labour policies in Taiwan and China has an important bearing on the interaction between state and society. The fact that labour policies have changed over time illustrates a process of bargaining between the s... Read More about Learning a lesson from Taiwan? A comparison of changes and continuity of labour policies in Taiwan and China.

From being privileged to being localized?: Taiwanese businessmen in China (2013)
Book Chapter
Lee, C.-Y. (2013). From being privileged to being localized?: Taiwanese businessmen in China. In K.-F. Chiu, D. Fell, & P. Lin (Eds.), Migration to and from Taiwan Strait. Routledge

Taiwanese businesses have invested in China for almost three decades. Political questions have always been the most sensitive issue for Taiwanese businesspeople (Taishang) in China. The most popular saying among them is, ‘Businesspeople only talk abo... Read More about From being privileged to being localized?: Taiwanese businessmen in China.

A new era for studies on cross-Strait relations: introduction (2013)
Journal Article
Lee, C.-Y. (2013). A new era for studies on cross-Strait relations: introduction. China Information, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203X12471606

After more than half a century’s separation, interaction between China and Taiwan has increased and has progressively changed from a politico-economic interaction to a more civic interaction. Scholars working on cross-Strait relations have recently b... Read More about A new era for studies on cross-Strait relations: introduction.

Taiwan and China in a global value chain: the case of the electronics industry
Book Chapter
Lee, C.-Y. Taiwan and China in a global value chain: the case of the electronics industry. In S. Tsang (Ed.), Taiwan's impact on China: why soft power matters more than economic or political inputs. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter aims to examine how Taiwan impacted upon China through the technology flow from Taiwan to China, and how Taiwan played a part in linking China’s manufacturing with the United States. Theoretically this chapter challenges the Global Value... Read More about Taiwan and China in a global value chain: the case of the electronics industry.