Recent cross-Strait tensions following Taiwan’s more assertive attempts at international recognition have raised the question of the viability of Taiwan’s strategy of divorcing its policy of ‘pragmatic diplomacy’ from its economic ambitions to achieve the status of a middle-level...

China applied to rejoin the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) over a decade ago and negotiations for China’s entry into GATT’s successor, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), are still proceeding.1 China has participated in regional economic cooperation processes for about the...