“The rise of China” is a critical issue of the twenty-first century’s world politics. China is leading the new bipolar system in the post-Cold War period with the US. As the American dominance in East Asia became weaker, the old containment could not be fully implemented anymore. As a result, a new comprehensive strategic initiative covering the whole Pacific coastal States is being adopted. The outcome of this transformation is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which was reached on October 5, 2015. This article aims to analyze the newly arisen TPP as a post-Cold War strategic alliance of East Asia. The TPP is a mega regional trade agreement. Its predictable legal setting is thus indispensable for the peaceful coordination of competition between both sides. The TPP could be a firm ground for the stability of this region, sharing the vision of cooperation, not confrontation in the future.

This study intended to analyze growth competence of Taiwanese IT industry through patterns and examples of strategic partnership for Taiwanese IT companies. In order to analyze background of growth and development of Taiwanese IT industry, this study has classified internal/external cooperation networking of Taiwanese IT companies, strategic partnership characteristics, into technical, production and capital partnerships, and suggested examples of strategic partnerships of Taiwanese companies for the characteristics. First, as production partnership shows transition trend, changing from simple production methods such as conventional OEM and EMS to ODM partnership that operates both design and production, this study has analyzed it with an example of Hon Hai, IT company in Taiwan. Second, has been analyzed using an example to penetrate into Chinese domestic market through establishment of joint venture company with Japanese companies or share investment. Third, case of technical + production partnership has been analyzed using examples of Chaiwanese companies that are rapidly growing in China recently. This study provides a meaningful suggestion on how Taiwanese IT company reinforces R&D of core parts and components by itself and maximizes synergy effect from incorporation by consolidating joint production or overseas marketing upon strategic partnership and linking production, how important specialized competence and networking capabilities of the corporation are, and how the concentrated power at national level has effect on capability of individual company.