Running head: ABC TAIWAN BUSINESS PLAN
ABC Taiwan Business Plan
University of Phoenix
Region Analysis
1. Regional alliances
China and Taiwan split in 1949. Beijing considers the democratic island Chinese territory and repeatedly has threatened war should it move toward formal independence. The United States is Taiwan's biggest arms supplier and is bound by law to help the island defend itself. Under Washington's one-China policy, the United States agrees to have no diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognizes Beijing as China's sole government.
2. Physical environment
The terrain in Taiwan is divided into two parts: the flat to gently rolling plains in the west, where 90 % of the population lives, and the mostly rugged forest-covered mountains in the eastern two-thirds. Taiwan is dominated by the Central Range of mountains (Chungyang Shan) which run north to south. The highest point at 3997 meters above sea level is Yü-shan in the Yü-shan Mountains (Jade Mountains), on the southwest side of the Chung-yang Shan. The capital city of Taiwan is Taipei. Kaohsiung is the second largest city, the island's most important port and one of the biggest container ports in the world.(freewoldmaps.net)
3. Politics
In 1949, two million Chinese nationals fled the mainland to Taiwan and established an authoritarian government based on the Chinese constitution of 1947. Over the next few decades, the voice of the native Taiwanese gradually infused the government, leading up to the elections of 2000, the first democratic transfer of power on the Island.
4. Economics
Within the last twenty to thirty years, Taiwan's eco ...