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The "China Threat" and the Birth of the "Taiwanese": A Reflection on Taiwan〓s Post-Cold War Security Policy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23730179
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field International relations
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Principal Investigator

CHEN Chingchang  立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 准教授 (50569788)

Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2012
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help
¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
KeywordsForeign policy analysis / critical security studies / social constructivism / threat perception / national identity / Taiwan / China threat / Identity / Security policy / Social constructivism / Threat perception / identity / security policy
Research Abstract

This research problematizes the conventional wisdom about thepositive correlation between the rise in cross-Taiwan Strait tension and Taiwanresidents- self-identification as Taiwanese, which sheds new light on the study of threatperception as well as the debate on how to understand China〓s rise. This project hasled to the publication of one book chapter on Taiwan〓s restrictions on cross- Straittrade and investment until 2008, in addition to one forthcoming book chapter that tracesthe change and continuity of Taiwanese security policy after the China-accommodatingKuomintang regained power in May 2008.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2012 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2014 2012 2011 Other

All Presentation (7 results) (of which Invited: 1 results) Book (3 results) Remarks (11 results)

  • [Presentation] Explaining the Absence of Hedging in Taiwan's Security Policy under the Second Ma Ying-Jeou Administration2012

    • Author(s)
      Ching-Chang Chen
    • Organizer
      Six University Conference on Political Leadership Change and International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region
    • Place of Presentation
      Seoul, Korea
    • Year and Date
      2012-10-18
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Relaxation of Japan's Three Principles on Arms Exports and Its Implications for US Arms Sales to Taiwan2012

    • Author(s)
      Ching-Chang Chen
    • Organizer
      International Conference on US Arms Sales to Taiwan:A Policy at a Crossroads
    • Place of Presentation
      Taipei, Taiwan
    • Year and Date
      2012-08-03
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Explaining the Absence of Hedging in Taiwan's Security Policy under the Ma Ying-Jeou Administration2012

    • Author(s)
      Ching-Chang Chen
    • Organizer
      Annual Convention of the International Studies Association
    • Place of Presentation
      San Diego, USA
    • Year and Date
      2012-04-02
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] "The Weakest Link? Explaining the Absence of Hedging in Taiwan's Security Policy"2011

    • Author(s)
      Chen, Ching-Chang
    • Organizer
      APU-RSIS International Conference on "Engaging the United States: Asia-Pacific Responses"(招待講演)
    • Place of Presentation
      Singapore
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Explaining the Absence of Hedging in Taiwan's Security Policy under the Ma Ying-Jeou Administration

    • Author(s)
      Ching-Chang Chen
    • Organizer
      Annual Convention of the International Studies Association
    • Place of Presentation
      サンディエゴ(アメリカ)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Relaxation of Japan's Three Principles on Arms Exports and Its Implications for US Arms Sales to Taiwan

    • Author(s)
      Ching-Chang Chen
    • Organizer
      International Conference on "US Arms Sales to Taiwan: A Policy at a Crossroads
    • Place of Presentation
      台北(台湾)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Explaining the Absence of Hedging in Taiwan's Security Policy under the Second Ma Ying-Jeou Administration

    • Author(s)
      Ching-Chang Chen
    • Organizer
      Six University Conference on Political Leadership Change and International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region
    • Place of Presentation
      ソウル(韓国)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] How Can They Theorize? Strategic Insensitivity towards Nascent Chinese International Relations Thinking in Taiwan." In Asian Thought on China〓s Changing International Relations, edited by Emilian Kavalski and Niv Horesh, forthcoming.2014

    • Author(s)
      Shih, Chih-yu, and Ching-Chang Chen.
    • Publisher
      Basingstoke:Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Book] Useful Adversaries: How to Understand the Political Economy of Cross-Strait Security2012

    • Author(s)
      Chen, Ching-Chang.
    • Publisher
      London: Routledge
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Book] New Thinking about the Taiwan Issue: Theoretical Insights into Its Origins, Dynamics, and Prospects2012

    • Author(s)
      Chen, Ching-Chang
    • Publisher
      Routledge (London)
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Media appearance related to my research onTaiwan and its external relations

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5075&Itemid=386

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12595/facing-an-aggressive-china-japans-abe-may-turn-to-taiwan

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks] Asia Times Online

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Asia Times Online

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Asia Times Online

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Asia Sentinel

    • URL

      http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5075&Itemid=386

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] World Politics Review

    • URL

      http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12595/facing-an-aggressive-china-japans-abe-may-turn-to-taiwan

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.mearc.eu/resources/events2010/0917.chen.pdf

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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