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The global implications of recent changes in Taiwan and Mainland China Contemporary China and the Changing International Community evaluates the global impact of recent political, economic, and foreign relations developments in both the Republic of China and Mainland China. Focusing first on the ROC, Chinese studies specialists assess Taiwan's constitutional reforms, its role in a global economy, its potential for leadership in the international community, and its relationship with Mainland China. The contributors then analyze Mainland China's resistance to political modernization and the state of the country's foreign affairs following communism's collapse in Eastern Europe. Finally, they consider the trend toward economic regionalism and its implications for Asian trade.