The Republic of China`s High-Tech Export Control System

Abstract

This paper will analyze the international background for the Republiclice of China’s institution of a high-tech export control system; Taipei- Washington talks on the subject; and the establishment, special characteristics, and implementation of the system. The study shows that U.S. pressure,nternational requirements, increased high-tech imports, and the desire to participate in the international community were direct factors leading to the establishment of the system, and that its future development will be determined by its efficiency, the velopment of a new international control system, cross-Strait relations, and U.S. attitudes.