July 18, 2018 The Opportunities and Challenges of Cross-Strait Relations
Co-hosted by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
Wednesday, Jul 18, 2018
9:30 am - 7:00 pm
The Heritage Foundation
Agenda
~ Registration/Check-In opens at 9:00 a.m. ~
Keynote Remarks (9:30 a.m.)
Chen Ming-tong, Mainland Affairs Council Minister, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Introduced by Dr. Kim Holmes, Executive Vice President, The Heritage Foundation
Panel 1: China under Xi Jinping (10:30-11:45 a.m.)
Arthur S. Ding, Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University
Chin-Fu Hung, Professor, Political Science Department, National Cheng Kung University
Phillip Saunders, Director, Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs
Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator
Luncheon (11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)
Remarks by The Honorable Ted Yoho (R-FL)
Chairman, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Panel 2: U.S.-China Relations: Implications for Taiwan’s Security and Democracy (12:45-2:00 p.m.)
I-chung Lai, President, Prospect Foundation
Yeh-chung Lu, Vice President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
Dan Twining, President, International Republican Institute
Prashanth Parameswaran, Senior Editor, The Diplomat
Jeff Smith, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator
Keynote Remarks (2:00-3:00 p.m.)
Randy Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
Panel 3: Cross-Strait Relations and Strategic Impact (3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.)
Cheng-yi Lin, President, Institute for National Defense and Security Research
David W.F. Huang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
Shelley Rigger, Professor, Davidson College
Riley Walters, Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
Ketty Chen, Vice President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy – Moderator
Panel 4: Roundtable (4:45-5:30 p.m.)
Scott Kastner, Professor, University of Maryland
Abe Denmark, Director Asia Program, Wilson Center
Ketty Chen, Vice President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
Walter Lohman, Director, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator
Reception (5:30-7:00 p. m.)
Description
Relations between China and Taiwan over the last couple of years have been very challenging. China is very actively challenging Taiwan across the range of its national power, conducting military exercises off its coasts, pulling away its diplomatic allies, barring its meaningful participation in international organizations. What is the impetus behind this new aggressive approach and where is it headed? What can Taiwan and its friends and allies due to mitigate the pressure on it?
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BACKGROUNDER 34 min read
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