Week 8

Question 1

Taiwanese and Hongkongese entrepreneurs exploiting Chinese labor force Outline:

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Question 2

Hong Kong — a colony of the British Empire

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Question 3

The development of a light industry in the wake of the Korean war — Hong Kong

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Question 4

Rule of law in the British colony

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Question 5

Launch of the peaceful reunification with Taiwan on January 1st, 1979

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Question 6

The key formula “One country, two systems”: was first experienced on the Mainland

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Question 7

The relocation of the Taiwanese industry: the “mainland fever” (dalu rebing)

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Question 8

Explaining the extent of the relocation tide: a legacy of the Nationalist economy

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Question 9

Explaining the extent of the relocation tide: a legacy of the Nationalist economy (2)

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Question 10

The relocation operations preceded the liberalization measures taken by the Taiwanese government

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Question 11

Far from exporting the rule of law, Taiwanese exported and emphasized the corporate culture prevailing in Taiwan under martial law

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Question 12

Hong Kong’s firms in Guangdong: matron workers versus maiden workers

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Question 13

Taiwanese businessmen making the most of the Chinese labor market

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Question 14

Taiwanese businesses have operated in a legal vacuum which was offset by ad hoc protections negotiated with local bureaucrats

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Question 15

Conclusions I

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Question 16

Conclusions II

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