A Study On Political And Economic Interaction Between The Philippines And Taiwan After Authoritarian Rule

The Philippines and Taiwan share common historical experiences, i.e., colonial invasion, Japanese Fascist's occupation and long-term affiliation to the United States. Therefore, political, economical and social development of the two region enjoys higher degree of development and acclaimed by the West as "model of democracy" By applying theory of interdependence, this paper detailed and analyzed the intercourse between the Philippines and Taiwan after authoritative rule, trying to exquisite situations of political and economical intercourse since then, distinctive features at each stages, and factors on both sides affecting their political and economical relations.This paper is divided into four parts to do research in the political and economical intercourse between the Philippines and Taiwan. The first chapter deals with intercourse between the Philippines and Taiwan after authoritative rule. This chapter consists of four sections. The first section surveyed early intercourse between the Philippines and Taiwan; in the second section, political intercourse of them after authoritative rule is discussed; in the third section, economical and trade relations is analyzed, and the fourth section is summary and analysis on the discussions above. The second chapter deals with factors of the Philippine aspects that affected political and economical intercourse between the Philippines and Taiwan, focusing on the discussion and analysis on two aspects of the Philippine's political and socio-economical factors. The second chapter deals with factors of the Taiwan aspects that affected political and economical interaction between the Philippines and Taiwan, focusing on the discussion and analysis on two aspects of the Taiwan's political and Taiwan's conscious factors. Synthesizing the above analysis, political and economical intercourse between the Philippines and Taiwan after the authoritative rule, is constrained by political, social and economical factors, etc. on each side. From the Philippine's point of view, economical factors played a larger role, while from Taiwan, politics is a factor of bigger concern. In other words, the political and economical interaction is resulted by the interdependence of the two sides. The Philippines expected to revive its economy, foster social stability, maintain the legitimacy of its government by the assistance of Taiwan; while Taiwan expected to expand its "international space of existence" so as to gain its legitimacy of existence in the international society by means of economical interaction with the Philippines. At the same time, this paper conducted a general outlook on the prospects of political and economical intercourse between the Philippines and Taiwan, brought forth several factors that would possibly affect this relationship in the future.