Cross-Strait Economic and Political Relations and the Obama Administration
CNAPS and the Epoch Foundation organized this conference examining cross-strait relations and U.S. policy toward Asia at a time of political change in Taiwan and the United States. Three panels, featuring Brookings and CNAPS scholars as well as other experts, analyzed U.S. policy, cross-Strait relations, and the economy of mainland China. Brookings President Strobe Talbott and Vincent Siew, vice president of the Republic of China, provided keynote remarks.
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Read the panel 1 transcript »
Read the afternoon keynote address »
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Read the panel 3 transcript » (forthcoming)
Agenda
Welcome Remarks
Paul S.P. Hsu
President, Epoch Foundation and Chairman and CEO, PHYCOS International Co.
Richard C. Bush
Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Keynote Address: U.S. Foreign Policy in the New Administration
Panel I: Asia Policy under the New U.S. Administration
Michael Schiffer
Program Officer, Stanley Foundation
Frank Ching
Senior Columnist, South China Morning Post; CNAPS Advisory Council Member
Tsuyoshi Sunohara
Senior Staff Diplomatic Writer, International News Department, Nikkei Newspaper
Wonhyuk Lim
Director, Global Economy Research - Korea Development Institute
Erich Che-wei Shih
News Anchor and Show Host - CTi Television
Afternoon Keynote Address
Hon. Vincent Siew
Vice President of the Republic of China
Panel II: Cross Strait Relations Six Months into the Ma Administration
Richard C. Bush
Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Tomohiko Taniguchi
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University; CNAPS Visiting Fellow, 2004-2005
Richard Weixing Hu
Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong - CNAPS Visiting Fellow, 2007-2008, The Brookings Institution
Liu Fu-Kuo
Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations and Executive Director, Center for Security Studies
Panel III: The Chinese Economy
Wing Thye Woo
Former Brookings Expert
Zhu Wenhui
Senior Fellow, Hong Kong Bauhinia Research Center and Commentator, Phoenix TV; CNAPS Visiting Fellow, 2004-2005
Wei Zhang
Former Brookings Expert
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