英文摘要 |
This paper claims that economic interaction across the Taiwan Strait may contribute to the formation of 'political blocs' (regions's affiliation with specific political parties) in Taiwan. We argue that northern Taiwan benefits most from cross-stairt economic interactions and as a result favors a KMTPFP, alliance, especially sine the latter supports deregulation trade with and investment in China. For a similar reason, southern Taiwan's central and eastern region tends to be more neutral in party preference, since they do not benefit as directly from transactions with the Mainland. This paper argues that regional political blocs take shape following regionalized economic interests. |