This book examines the transformation of Taiwan and Hong Kong¿s socioeconomic relationships with China as their economies have become more deeply integrated into Greater China. It explores the impact of increasing social interaction and the shrinking of existing borderlines and contributes not only to theoretical debates on border crossing issues, but also provides valuable insights on the practical concerns regarding social and political integration and tensions in the region.

1. Introduction: Crossing borders in greater China: A multidimensional perspective Part ¿: Production 2. Managing cross-border innovation networks: Taiwan¿s IC design industry 3. Embedded trust and beyond: The organizational network transformation of Taishang¿s shoe industry in China 4. Taiwanese architects and post-Mao Chinäs production of the built environment 5. Establishing Guanxi in Chinese market: Comparative analysis of Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese expatriates in mainland China 6. Local response of "growth" and "dependency": A case study of Taiwan businessmen in Suzhou, China Part ¿: Community 7. Lifestyle migrants: Taiwanese women in China 8. Marginal mobilities: Taiwanese manufacturing companies¿ migration to inner China 9. Cross-strait economic exchanges by night: Pleasure, work, and power in Chinese karaoke hostess bars 10. Class, gender and globalized intimacy: The second-wife phenomenon in Great China Part ¿: Identity 11. How identities matter? Taiwanese cultural workers in China 12. Class or identity matters? The social assimilation of Taiwanese Sojourners in China 13. Ethnic identity of Hong Kong people: An academic question turned political 14. Hong Kong and diasporic China