Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 444-464).

Fujian is geographically close to Taiwan which makes both sides having geo-economic value. Furthermore, Fujian and Taiwan are sharing the same long history, culture, language and blood relationships that turn Fujian into one of the main investment areas of Taiwan enterprises. After "Three Direct Links" in mail, transport and trade across the Taiwan Straits, Fujian province is becoming one of the major locations of cross-straits direct flights, which facilitate cross-straits personnel exchanges. China has planned to develop Fujian by established ¡§Economic Area in the Western Coast of Taiwan Straits¡¨ which combines economic system with Zhejiang and Guangdong, trying to promote economic development between Fujian and Taiwan. In fact, the industry structures between Fujian and Taiwan are very complementary; therefore, the two places can integrate their resources and expand into the marketing through cooperation. What is the most important is, economic cooperation between Fujian and Taiwan should conform to international norms, by setting up a pilot measures and under the name of free trade-area or special cooperation agreements in order to guarantee the benefits of Taiwan.

Abstract Among all provinces in Mainland China, Fujian, located across the strait from Taiwan, has the most intimate relationship with Taiwan. The economic development between Fujian and Taiwan thus has important implications and values, which are unfolding in the following aspects: (1) historical connection; (2) geographic site; (3) Mainland China¡¦s Policy toward Taiwan; (4) Taiwan-Fujian¡¦s economic structure; and (5) the developmental layout of Taiwan economy. The research framework of this present study utilized Heckscher-Ohlin approach, which is to observe the capital-labor ratio, by which those with more of capital element export the capital-intensive products, while those with more of labor element export the labor-intensive products. Taiwan¡¦s capital-labor ratio is approximately 221 times Fujian¡¦s, which is consistent with public understanding, that is to say, Taiwan should focus on developing capital-intensive industries, and Fujian, labor-intensive industries. Based on objective statistics in investment items, investment amount, investment scale, and industrial structures of Taiwanese-owned enterprises in Fujian, this study is in an attempt to analyze the characteristics of distribution and development of Taiwanese-owned enterprises in Fujian after the implementation of Mainland China¡¦s reform and open-door policy. As for the development and predicament of Taiwan-Fujian relationship, given that Fujian is not only the military frontline against Taiwan, but also the synthesized experiment zone, ¡§three links¡¨ pioneer zone, and ¡§one country, two systems¡¨ connection zone, this study suggests Taiwan should take adequate preventive measures to avoid ¡§peaceful evolution¡¨ in politics, deal with ¡§national security¡¨ issues resulted from economic exchange, and thoroughly analyze the status quo of ¡§small three links¡¨ policy.

published_or_final_version / Asian Studies / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 378-418).

During the past decade, China has shown unusual enthusiasm for gaining World Heritage status in anticipation of a substantial rise in tourism profits.However, World Heritage recognition is not always beneficial to heritage sites. Such recognition not only attracts tourist flows and creates potential development opportunities; it also poses threats for heritage conservation and increases the social contradictions and cleavages in such sites. This research examines the relationship between heritage conservation and tourism via the case study approach. The target case for analysis is the vernacular Hakka heritage tulou sites in the Chinese province of Fujian. Combined research methods comprising in-depth interviews and questionnaire surveys among representatives of key stakeholder groups were adopted to examine local tourism development from a variety of perspectives. On-site participant observations and secondary archival research collection were employed as supplementary methods. The stakeholder analysis framework was adopted and modified to examine stakeholder engagement in tulou heritage tourism. Three key stakeholder groups were the focus of investigation: the local government, local residents and domestic tourists. Exploration of their roles in tourism development revealed an imbalance in the partnership between the three groups, which may have consequences for sustainable such development. The investigation was then extended to such secondary stakeholder groups as the central government, tourism entrepreneurs, UNESCO, tourism planners and scholars, the mass media and inbound tourists. The involvement of each group is herein analysed to generate a stakeholder map of tulou tourism. The findings show that heritage tourism development is usually accompanied by tensions and conflicts among economic, cultural and political goals. The partnership between three key stakeholder groups is imbalanced, and consequently reforce the dominance of government over tulou residents and tourists in heritage tourism contexts. Only when this triangular partnership achieves balance can tulou heritage tourism achieve sustainable and healthy development. It is suggested that stakeholder collaboration is great need in order to achieve sustainable tourism development. In sum, this thesis applies stakeholder analysis into heritage tourism. The research findings herein contribute useful insights for future tourism development and have important policy implications for tourism management. Besides policy implications, this research has some theoretical contributions to heritage tourism literature as it modifies stakeholder framework for future tourism studies. / published_or_final_version / Geography / Master / Master of Philosophy

Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam. / Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

published_or_final_version / Linguistics / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-174) Also available in print.

Merchants, seafarers, pirates: the maritime societies of Southeast Fujian played a crucial role in maritime activities during the Ming Dynasty. Regarding the traditional discourse, scholars have discussed the elimination of wokou and local petty pirates during the late Ming period. This study proves otherwise via an extensive examination of the governance and management of the maritime societies implemented by the Ming regime and its local officials. This study considers how the local officials formed their judgements on the cases of seafaring population by examining court opinions and other historical materials. This study also reveals the identities and the cultural habits of the maritime societies. The findings show that the identities of the societies mentioned above were not formed in an arbitrary manner. In addition, wokou and local petty pirates still posed a great threat to the Southeast coast of Fujian during the closing decades of the Ming Dynasty and that the severity of pirate issues was mainly related to cultural habits of the maritime societies and the regime's governance.