Peace and Security in the Taiwan Strait

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The potential for a U.S.-China conflict over Taiwan is a flashpoint in the international relations of East Asia. At this virtual international conference, scholars will present the latest research on U.S.-China-Taiwan relations. This event is sponsored by the Center for Taiwan Studies at UCSD, the 21st Century China Center at UCSD, and the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.

AGENDA

All times Pacific.

Thursday, April 21

5:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.: Welcome and Introduction (James Lee, IGCC; Ping-hui Liao, UC San Diego)

5:20 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Strategic Ambiguity and Political Polarization in Taiwan (Wen-Chin Wu, Academia Sinica) Discussant: James Lee (IGCC, UC San Diego)

6:00 p.m. – 6:40 p.m.: The Failure of ‘One Country, Two Systems’: Implications of Conflicting Cross-Strait Identities for US Foreign Policy (Michael Kraig, Air University) Discussant: James Lee (IGCC, UC San Diego)

6:40 p.m. – 7:20 p.m.: Taiwan’s Statehood Revisited and Reclaimed (Chien-Huei Wu, Academia Sinica) Discussant: Stephan Haggard (UC San Diego)

7:20 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Taiwan and China in Latin America and the Caribbean (Yen-Pin Su, National Chengchi University) Discussant: Barry Naughton (UC San Diego)

Friday, April 22

5:00 p.m. – 5:40 p.m.: China’s Taiwan Policy (Kharis Templemen, Hoover Institution) Discussant: Victor Shih (UC San Diego)

5:40 p.m. – 6:20 p.m.: Urban Chinese Support for Armed Unification with Taiwan (Dongtao Qi, National University of Singapore) Discussant: Hsin-Hsin Pan (Soochow University)

6:20 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Is China-Taiwan Rapprochement Possible? (Hsin-Hsin Pan, Soochow University) Discussant: Weiyi Shi (UC San Diego)

7:00 p.m. – 7:40 p.m.: Motivated Reasoning and Trump Supporters in Hong Kong and Taiwan (Hans Tung, National Taiwan University) Discussant: Erik Gartzke (UC San Diego)

7:40 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Taiwan and the New Cold War (James Lee, IGCC/UC San Diego)

A Zoom link will be provided to registered participants one day before the start of the conference.