英文摘要 |
The political economic relationship between Taiwan and China moved in a positive direction after the KMT returned to power in 2008. The launching of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in September 2010 symbolized the prospect of economic and political reconciliation across the Taiwan Strait. Several years later, in light of the scholarly debate and waves of street protests by the opposition party and dissenters, it has become apparent that scholars ought to reexamine the validity of Rogowski's model of trade policy and domestic political alignment, specifically with regard to its ability to explain the transformation of cross-strait political and economic interaction. This study conducts an empirical analysis of the effects of economic liberalization on domestic political alignments and offers some hypotheses using updated data for testing. Highlighting certain policy implications with regard to disputes surrounding the ECFA issue, the study provides a new perspective for explaining cross-strait economic interaction and its implications for domestic politics. |