The article discusses Taiwan's investment in China, Taiwan's trade with China, China's trade with the USA and Chinese exports of Taiwanese products to the USA. The article points out that because Taiwan's manufacturer in China received most of their immediate goods and raw materials from Taiwan,...

This forward-looking volume offers insights into the globalization of the Chinese economy and its accession to the WTO. The contributors provide updated accounts of recent developments in the Chinese economy and examines the implications of China's accession for the rest of the world.

This paper devises a methodology to compare the accuracy of prediction markets and polls. The data of the Exchange of Future Events (xFuture) for Taiwan’s 2006 mayoral elections and 2008 presidential election show that the prediction markets outperform the opinion polls in various indices of...