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May

18
2010

9:00 am EDT - 5:00 pm EDT

Past Event

A Mid-Term Assessment of the Policies of the Ma Ying-jeou Administration

  • Tuesday, May 18, 2010

    9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT

The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

When Ma Ying-jeou was inaugurated president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) on May 20, 2008, he and his new administration faced twin challenges. One was to stabilize relations with China after more than a decade of tensions. The other was repairing strained relations with the United States. To these a third was quickly added: coping with the effects of a historic global economic recession.

On May 18 at Brookings, Brookings’s Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) and John L. Thornton China Center, and the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies hosted a day-long public seminar examining the policies of the Ma administration at the half-way point of its current term, with specific focus on its management of Taiwan’s economy, cross-strait relations, and relations with the United States.

Following opening remarks, officials of the U.S. and Taiwan governments made brief keynote statements. In subsequent panels senior experts, former government officials, and influential opinion leaders from across the political spectrum analyzed President Ma’s policies regarding Taiwan’s economy, cross-Strait relations, and the United States. Dr. Paul C.H. Chiu, chairman of Bank SinoPac, and vice premier of Taiwan from May 2008 until September 2009 and minister of finance during 1996-2000, gave a lunch address on the Ma administration’s economic policies.

Agenda

  • May 18
    • Introductions

      Charles W. Freeman III
      Charles W. Freeman III Former Brookings Expert, Senior Vice President for Asia - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
    • Keynote Speakers

      DPCC
      Dr. Paul C.H. Chiu Chairman, Bank SinoPac
      JRD
      Joseph R. Donovan Jr. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
      AJY
      Ambassador Jason Yuan Representative
    • Panelists

      DJJC
      Dr. Joanne J.L. Chang Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
      PSH
      Paul S.P. Hsu President, Epoch Foundation and Chairman and CEO, PHYCOS International Co.
      DAH
      Dr. Alexander Huang Professor of Strategy and War Gaming, Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Tamkang University
      DKL
      Dr. Kuo-yuan Liang President, Polaris Research Institute
      MSL
      Mr. Shih-chung Liu Senior Research Fellow, Taiwan Brain Trust
      ADR
      Alan D. Romberg Distinguished Fellow and Director, East Asia Program, The Henry L. Stimson Center
      DR
      Dan Rosen Founder and China Practice Leader, Rhodium Group
      DRW
      Dr. Rong-yi Wu Vice President, Taiwan Brain Trust