APEC as a regime for Taiwan's interdependence with the United States and mainland China

In this paper, it will be argued that Taiwan's interdependence,vith the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will be consolidated only if it can strike a balance between political and economic relations with the United States and mainland China. The economic development of Taiwan provides a material base for its cooperation with APEC. To utilize its economic strength in a regional setting, it must maintain the seesaw balance of its relations with Washington and Beijing in a way that will not hamper its striving for internationalization. This paper, therefore, details to what extent that it has achieved the balance.