11 July 2025
Dear all,
We are pleased to bring to your attention the online publication of the International Journal of Taiwan Studies 8(2): https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/8/2/ijts.8.issue-2.xml
This issue contains a topical section on the subject “Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society”. There are also two open access articles and two book reviews. ToC is as follows:
Topical Section: Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society
1. Introduction: Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society (Zong-rong Lee and Thung-hong Lin)
2. From Laissez Faire to a Market Mechanism: The Formation of Housing Finance in Taiwan (Yi-ling Chen)
3. Continued Growth and Consolidation of Family Capitalism in Taiwan (Zong-rong Lee)
4. Visible Fists: Political Risks and the Performance of Taiwanese Businesses in China, 1995–2022 (Thung-hong Lin & Chun-Yin Lee)
Research Article:
5. How Do Movement Parties Learn Lessons of Defeat in Taiwan? The Case of the Green Party Taiwan (Dafydd Fell, Yen-wen Peng, Yan-han Wang, and Jhucin Rita Jhang) – open access
Report:
6. Switzerland–Taiwan Free Trade: A Status Update (Patrik Ziltener) – open access
Book Reviews:
7. A New Beginning or More of the Same? The European Union and East Asia After Brexit (2021, Michael Reilly and Chun-yi Lee) (reviewed by Yun-Chieh Wang)
8. The Many Faces of Taiwan’s Cultural Diplomacy: Marking the First Decade of VCTS (2022, eds Astrid Lipinsky and Hsin-huang Michael Hsiao) (reviewed by Tonny Dian Effendi)
We hope you’ll enjoy reading them. We also wish you a good summer.
Yours sincerely,
Editor-in-Chief
Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley, SOAS, University of London, UK
Executive Board
Lung-chih Chang, National Museum of Taiwan History, Taiwan
Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
Dafydd Fell, SOAS, University of London, UK
Hsin-huang Michael Hsiao, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Gunter Schubert, Tübingen University, Germany
Book Review Editor
Gary D. Rawnsley, University of Lincoln, UK
Assistant Editor
John Robert Wood, Aberystwyth University, Wales
International Journal of Taiwan Studies Editorial Office
Address: Centre of Taiwan Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, WC1H 0XG, UK
Email: ijts.office@eats-taiwan.eu
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