Cross-Strait Relations Re-examined: Toward a New Normal?

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Co-hosted by the Freeman Chair in China Studies and China Power Project, CSIS and The Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University

AGENDA:

8:15-8:45 Registration

8:45-9:30 Welcome

• Stanley Kao, Representative, TECRO in the United States

• Lin Cheng-yi, First Deputy Minister, Mainland Affairs Council

• Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia, CSIS

9:30-10:40 Panel 1: US-China-Taiwan Relations: Strategic and Economic Initiatives

• Joanne J. L. Chang, Research Fellow, Academia Sinica
• Zhao Suisheng, Professor, University of Denver
• Ming-Hsien Wong, Professor, Tamkang University
• Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, US-Taiwan Business Council

• Bonnie S. Glaser, Senior Advisor and Director, China Power Project, CSIS

10:40-10:50 Coffee Break

10:50-12:00 Panel 2: China's Political and Economic Transitions

• Chelsea Chou, Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University
• Szu-chien Hsu, President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
• Scott Kennedy, Deputy Director, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

• Robert Wang, Senior Associate, CSIS

12:00-1:15 Luncheon Keynote Address

• Jim Moriarty, Chairman, American Institute in Taiwan

• Bonnie S. Glaser, Senior Adviser and Director, China Power Project, CSIS

1:30-2:45 Panel 3: Cross-Strait Relations: Strained but Stable?

• Arthur S. Ding, Professor and Research Fellow, National Chengchi University
• Shelley Rigger, Professor, Davidson College
• David Wei-Feng Huang, Associate Research Fellow, Academia Sinica
• Steven Goldstein, Director, Taiwan Workshop, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

• Gregory Poling, Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Senior Fellow of the Southeast Asia Program, CSIS

2:45-3:30 Panel 4: Conclusions and Prospects

• Douglas Paal, VP for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Andrew Shearer, Senior Advisor on Asia-Pacific Security, CSIS
• Szu-chien Hsu, President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

• Scott Kennedy, Deputy Director, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS