The term Greater China refers to mainland China's links with Hong Kong, with Taiwan, with Macao, and with Chinese overseas. China studies scholars are currently calculating that by the early twenty-first century the combined economies of Greater China may surpass those of the EC or the US, andthat it will overtake Japan as the dominant regional power. This volume presents an analysis of the current changes, from increased investment and trading links to the spread of Taiwanese popular culture into mainland China.