The Taiwanese population is to a great degree Chinese, but not only have they enjoyed a much freer and capital friendly economy (and society in general), they a

The Taiwanese population is to a great degree Chinese, but not only have they enjoyed a much freer and capital friendly economy (and society in general), they also started out with much of the economic elite of China that was fleeing when Mao took over. It seems like a larger percentage of the population in Taiwan (compared to mainland China) have the kind of productivity that has been gathering in a few mainland cities, such as Shanghai. Younger Taiwanese people in particular also seem to be building a special non-Chinese Taiwanese identity. I'm not sure if that has any significant effect on productivity though.