The data used for this paper are based on nineteen months of fieldwork conducted in Taiwan and coastal China during four extended visits there in 1999 – 2000, 2001, and 2004 – 05. In China I visited Dongguan and Shenzhen in Guangdong province, Xiamen City in Fujian province, and Shanghai and Kunshan City in the ShanghaiNanjing Economic Corridor. These locations were chosen because they host large numbers of Taiwanese business people.