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

July 13, 2017 • 8:45 am – 3:30 pm EDT
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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

Opening Remarks
  • Stanley Kao, Representative, TECRO in the United States
Keynote Speaker:
  • Lin Cheng-yi, First Deputy Minister, Mainland Affairs Council
Introduction:
  • Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia, CSIS

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

Panelists:
  • 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
Moderator:
  • 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

Panelists:
  • 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
Moderator:
  • Robert Wang, Senior Associate, CSIS

12:00-1:15 Luncheon Keynote Address

Speaker:
  • Jim Moriarty, Chairman, American Institute in Taiwan

AIT Chairman James Moriarty Remarks


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

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

Panelists:
  • 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
Moderator:
  • 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

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