The Taiwan Relations Act, enacted by the United States in April 1979, authorized continued “commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan” in the wake of the United States shifting diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of China. By authorizing the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and other provisions, it created the institutional platform on which the United States could – and has – preserved substantive relations with Taiwan in the absence of diplomatic relations.
In observance of the 35th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, on May 12 the Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP) at Brookings and the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies will host a public seminar featuring analysis of the creation and implementation of the TRA, and how it continues to shape U.S.-Taiwan relations and interaction among Taiwan, China, and the United States. Shen Lyushun, representative at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, will make opening remarks. Raymond Burghardt, chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan, will provide a luncheon keynote address.
Following each panel, speakers will take audience questions.
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Agenda
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May 12
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9:00 am
Shen Lyushun Representative - Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States -
9:15 am
Panel One: A Historical Examination of the Taiwan Relations Act
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterChris Nelson Senior Vice President - Samuels International AssociatesCarl Ford President - Ford and AssociatesDavid Lee Chairman - Coordination Council for North American Affairs -
11:00 am
Bonnie Glaser Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Program - The German Marshall Fund of the United States @BonnieGlaserRandall G. Schriver Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs - U.S. Department of DefenseModerator: Andrew Yang Secretary General -
12:30 pm
Raymond Burghardt Chairman of the Board of Trustees - American Institute in Taiwan -
1:30 pm
Christopher K. Johnson Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies - Center for Strategic and International StudiesLi Peng Professor and Associate Director, Taiwan Research Institute, Xiamen UniversityDavid Wei-Feng Huang Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies - Academia Sinica
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