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If one asks the question "what are the reasons for Taiwan's economic success," a person will most likely receive the answer that it is the Chinese people itself. Being born in America of a Chinese ethnic background, I have been able to summarize the Chinese Identity. This identity is one that puts the family and work first, which in turn, calls for twice the amount of work due to the family. There is modesty in the mind of one, but in the spirit lies a sense of pride. This identity, I believe, is one of the main underlying reasons of Taiwan's success. Above this hearth, lies the factors that have helped Taiwan to become one of the fastest growing and economically developed countries in the world. Many things go in to play when discussing this transformation of Taiwan, but of most important are its structural, industrial, import and export, and agricultural changes. To fully appreciate the progress of the economic development of Taiwan, one must first understand its conditions at the end of the nineteenth century. In the early 1600's, Taiwan was a place inhabited only of small bands of Chinese and Japanese pirates. To try to gain hold of China's market, the Dutch stepped in and occupied Taiwan from 16
Taiwan entreprenuers did not have much participation in industry, especially in the larger scale activities such as food processing and the intermediate goods, because policy forbade the Taiwanese to engage in this activity. Japanese residents in Taiwan had risen from 180,000 in 1925 to 310,000 in 1940. Although the Taiwanese were not able to learn by the act of doing, those years did have an impact on health and education. Between 1905 and 1936, the death rate fell from 40 to 20 percent per 1,000 people and the percentage of children attending school increased from 10 to 70 percent. Just when Taiwan seems to be on the verge of becoming developed, a few crises land upon them. Looking at production, it is seen that Taiwan's agriculture was much like that in south China. Although their agricultural techniques were traditional, Taiwan's section in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century was a major development in their economic history. By the end of the nineteenth century, Taiwan planted nearly 1,700 varieties of rice seeds. From 1895-1945, Taiwan's economy was held under colonial rule, with government focusing mainly on increasing agricultural productivity. Japan demanded sugar and rice from Taiwan; in turn, Taiwan was expected to accept Japanese industrial goods. Around 1911 things started to change when fiscal incentives and tariff protection were enforced to encourage growth of Japanese privately owned sugar mills on the island. Ho states that "By 1930, it is estimated that close to 20 percent of national income on the isl
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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