2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The "China Threat" and the Birth of the "Taiwanese": A Reflection on Taiwan〓s Post-Cold War Security Policy
| Project/Area Number |
23730179
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
International relations
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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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)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | Foreign policy analysis / critical security studies / social constructivism / threat perception / national identity / Taiwan |
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| 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.
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