Past Event
May
21
2015
U.S. Foreign Policy
Taiwan: A vital partner in East Asia
During the presidency of Ma Ying-jeou, political, economic, and social exchanges across the Taiwan Strait have reached new levels. As Ma approaches the end of his term and presidential candidates launch their campaigns for the January 2016 elections, Taipei and Beijing face both opportunities and challenges in enhancing and consolidating cross-Strait relations.
On July 13, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies and John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Taiwan-based Association of Foreign Relations co-hosted a public conference to identify and analyze key opportunities and challenges in cross-Strait relations under changing domestic, regional, and global conditions. Leading experts from Taiwan, the United States, and mainland China reviewed recent events in cross-Strait relations and analyzed prospects for further development. Panelists discussed Taipei-Washington-Beijing relations, and examined current political and economic development conditions in mainland China and how they impact mainland China’s approach to Taiwan. Andrew L.Y. Hsia, minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan, made an opening keynote address. Raymond Burghardt, chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan, provided luncheon remarks.
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Agenda
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July 13
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Welcome
9:30 am
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center -
Keynote address
9:35 am
ALHAndrew L.Y. Hsia Minister - Mainland Affairs Council -
Panel 1: Opportunities and challenges in cross-Strait relations
10:30 am
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Alexander C. Huang Head of Defense Team - KMT Presidential Candidate Han Kuo-yu, Director, the Institute of Strategic Studies and the Institute of American Studies - Tamkang University, Taiwan @SinostrategySSGWSamuel S. G. Wu Professor - Department of Public Administration and PolicyADRAlan D. Romberg Distinguished Fellow and Director, East Asia Program, The Henry L. Stimson CenterGBGuo Baogang Professor of Political Science - Director, Center for International Education -
Lunch remarks
12:00 pm
RBRaymond Burghardt Chairman of the Board of Trustees - American Institute in Taiwan -
Panel 2: Opportunities and challenges of political and economic developments in mainland China
1:15 pm
Cheng Li Director - John L. Thornton China Center, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China CenterLTLeng Tse-Kang Professor of Political Science - National Chengchi UniversityHHTHans H. Tung Assistant Professor - Department of Political Science
Scott Kennedy Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics - Center for Strategic and International Studies @KennedyCSIS -
Panel 3: Opportunities and challenges for the new context in U.S.-Taiwan-mainland China relations
3:00 pm
Bonnie S. Glaser Director of the Asia Program - The German Marshall Fund of the United States @BonnieGlaser
WYWang Yuan-kang Associate Professor - Department of Sociology
Steven M. Goldstein Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Emeritus, Smith College - Harvard University, Director of the Taiwan Studies Workshop - Harvard University
Zhao Suisheng Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies - Director, Center for China-U.S. Cooperation @SuishengZhao
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