TY - BOOK AU - CHU Ming-chin Monique TI - No need to beg China?: Taiwan's membership of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation as a contested state PY - 2016/// KW - TAIWAN KW - FOREIGN RELATIONS KW - CHINA KW - APEC N2 - This article looks at Taiwan membership into the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and argues that its membership is due to factors such as changes in the domestic and external environments and also its diplomatic process, rather than solely due to link to China. This article also examines the effects of Taiwan's accession into the international scene and the implications for Taiwan's continuous status as a contested state ER -