With the upcoming U.S. presidential election and the 18th Party Congress in China, both countries are facing an important political year. The political climate in the region is influenced by a number of factors, including the U.S. “rebalance” toward the Asia-Pacific, Taiwan’s newly reelected government, controversy in the South China Sea, and a still shaky global economy.
The Carnegie Endowment, in conjunction with R.O.C. Mainland Affairs Council and National Chengchi University, hosted a two-day conference featuring panels of leading Taiwanese, American, and Chinese thinkers examining the state of U.S.-Taiwan-China relations and the challenges in the months ahead.
Agenda
| Thursday, July 12, 2011 | |
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| Time | Topic |
| 9:30-10:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m | Opening Remarks The Honorable Raymond Burghardt, Chairman, American Institute in Taiwan |
| 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Panel I: Challenges to Cross-Strait Relations Presenting Arthur S. DING, National Chengchi University Alexander Chieh-cheng HUANG, Tamkang University Moderator: Richard Bush, Brookings Institution Commentator: Michael Swaine, Carnegie Endowment |
| 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30-3:00 p.m. | Panel II: The Beijing-Taipei-Washington Triangle Presenting: TSAI Ming-Yen, National Chung Hsing University Robert Sutter, George Washington University SUN Zhe, Tsinghua University Moderator: Douglas Paal, Carnegie Endowment Commentator: Bonnie Glaser, Center for Strategic & International Studies |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Panel III: Developments in Mainland China Presenting: HUNG Chin-Fu, National Cheng Kung University Steven Goldstein, Smith College Dali Yang, University of Chicago Moderator: David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Commentator: Nancy Tucker, Georgetown University |
| Friday, July 13, 2011 | |
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| Time | Topic |
| 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Panel IV: The Asia-Pacific Region and Cross-Strait Relations Presenting: HSIAO Hsiu-An, National Chengchi University KUO Yu-Jen, National Sun Yat-sen University Moderator: Kenneth Lieberthal, Brookings Institution Commentator: Michael McDevitt, CNA |