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Taiwan's entrepreneurs in China feel heat from cross-Strait tensions
- In October 2023, Chinese officials launched an investigation into Foxconn amid escalating cross-Strait tensions impacting Taiwanese companies operating in China.
- This event follows growing political pressures including Beijing's military drills and new rules targeting pro-independence activity that have increased risks for Taiwanese firms.
- Kunshan, once home to over 10,000 Taiwanese companies and 100,000 Taiwanese workers, now hosts fewer firms and fewer Taiwanese employees due to economic and political challenges.
- From 2016 to 2024, financial commitments by companies from Taiwan in mainland China declined by 62 percent, while funding directed toward Vietnam grew by 129 percent, indicating a deliberate shift in investment strategy amid ongoing uncertainties.
- These trends imply Taiwanese entrepreneurs face mounting risks and may increasingly relocate businesses for safety and profitability as favorable conditions in China have diminished.
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Taiwanese firms in China feel heat from cross-Strait tensions
KUNSHAN, China — Bustling Taipei-style shopping streets, majestic temples to the island’s deities and thriving factories dot the eastern Chinese city of Kunshan. For years, Kunshan has been a hub for Taiwanese businesses. But now those firms are feeling the strain from cross-Strait tensions that have stoked safety fears among companies. Taiwanese entrepreneurs — known as “Taishang” in Mandarin — poured billions into mainland China since ties beg…
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Taiwan's entrepreneurs in China feel heat from cross-Strait tensions
Bustling Taipei-style shopping streets, majestic temples to the island's deities and thriving factories dot the eastern Chinese city of Kunshan, for years a hub for Taiwanese businesses.
Kunshan - Temples of Gods venerated in Taiwan, typical shopping street and prosperous factories: in Kunshan (eastern China), the presence of Taiwanese investors remains marked, despite the departures due to trade war and inter-district tensions.
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The 17th Straits Forum Held in Xiamen, China: Promoting Cross-Strait Folk Exchanges and Integrated Development
XIAMEN, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 June 2025 – The opening ceremony of the 17th Straits Forum was held in the morning of the 15th in Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China. As the largest-scaled, widest-ranging and most influential folk exchange event across the Taiwan Strait, guests from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered together to discuss the beautiful vision of cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation. This session of the Strait…
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