Review: Evaluating the History of Cross-Strait Economic Relations
The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise
By Shelley Rigger.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021.
Shelley Rigger’s latest book describes the role Taiwanese businesspeople played in facilitating China’s rapid economic growth in the 1990s and 2000s. It provides astute analysis and vivid historical detail, but readers should not expect a forecast of what lies ahead for cross-Strait ties.