Acknowledgements

　I would like to thank K. T. Li for his patience, persistence and encouragement that
sustained this project. I would also like to thank the following individuals and institutions that kindly granted interviews: Mrs. K. T. Li (宋競雄), Mr. Wanan Yeh (Council for Economic Planning and Development), Dr. Morris Chang (Taiwan Semi-Conductor Corporation), Mr. Y. C. Lo (Phillips Taiwan), Mr. Yun Guo, Mr. Wei Li, Mr. Kanxiao Wang (Institute for Information Industry), Mr. Jinsheng Sun and Mr. Hongren Li (Science and Technology Advisory Group, the Executive Yuan). The following individuals and institutions kindly provided assistance to my research at their archives: Professor Cho-yun Hsu (Academia Sinica), Professor Sanjing Chen and Professor Fuqing Huang (Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica), Mrs. Rulan Gu (Central Library), Mr. Likun Huang (Ministry of Finance), Mr. Jinpo Fan (Council for Economic Planning and Development), and Mr. Shichang Xi (National Science Council). Mr. Yongchang Li, K. T. Li's son, kindly assisted this publication and selected the photos from the K. T. Li Archive that he had donated to the Academia Sinica. Professor Ezra F. Vogel rendered support whenever it was needed and wrote a foreword for this book. Professor Marshall Goldman allowed me to give a talk at his comparative economics seminar that later became the introduction of this book. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University generously provided intellectual stimulations and research facilities, without which the writing and translation would not have been possible. Professor Marvin Kalb and my colleagues at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University broadened my vision of Chinese and World politics during my fellowship at the Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy. The Department of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology gave me an unbelievably enlightening education that shaped my interest in an interdisciplinary study integrating political science, economics, history and culture. To Lucian W. Pye, late Ithiel de Sola Pool, late Myron Weiner, and all my teachers at MIT, I am deeply indebted. Parks Coble and Murray Rubinstein read and commented on the first version of the manuscript. Rosa Chi, Thomas Hsu, Mei-fung Chi and Yu-li Wang helped with the editing and translation of terms. The Tsing Hua University Press provided additional editorial support. K. T. Li Foundation contributed NT $114,600 that greatly facilitated the publication of the English manuscript.