HONG KONG, December 14, 2016 — In this talk, author Syaru Shirley Lin explains the divergence between the development of economic and political relations across the Taiwan Strait and the oscillation of Taiwan’s cross-Strait economic policy through the interplay of national identity and economic interests. In particular, she notes that the debate over Taiwan’s economic policy under the last three administrations has been linked to the consolidation of the Taiwanese identity, and this poses challenges to Beijing’s management of cross-strait relations under the Tsai Ing-wen presidency. (1 hr., 2 min.)