TAIWAN AND THE CHINESE MAINLAND: 
 CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS IN A TIME OF TRANSITION.

AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
& SYMPOSIUM

PLASTER STUDENT UNION ROOM 313
(PARLIAMENTARY ROOM)

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Welcome!

The purpose of this one-day workshop and symposium is to examine the changing nature of relations between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.  This symposium has invited leading scholars and practitioners from the United States, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland to present their research on a variety of issues related to the pace, scope and trajectory of relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits.

When & Where

The symposium/workshop is located in PSU 313 and it is open to the university community as well as students and scholars from other area universities and the larger Springfield community free of charge.  

No Admission Charge and Free Parking

Free Parking during the conference is available in Lots 13 and 14, located off National and Monroe, as well as Lot 29.

Our Generous Sponsors

The conference is sponsored by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of Kansas City, the Provost Research Incentive Program of Missouri State University, the MSU College of Arts and Letters Asian Studies Initiative and the MSU Department of Political Science

Need More Information?

 For more information, contact the Political Science Department at 417-835-5630 or Dr. Dennis Hickey at 417-836-5850.

 Saturday, October 17, 2009

Plaster Student Union Parliamentary Room
(PSU 313)

8:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony:  Jacqueline Liu, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Kansas City, Missouri and other speakers to be announced

9:00 a.m. Panel 1:  Overview:  Cross-Strait Relations in Historical & Theoretical Perspectives

 

Chair: Hsiang-Wang Liu, Visiting Professor, Department of History, Missouri State University

 

• “Charismatic Leadership and the Cross-Strait Relations in the Mao Era,” Michael Sheng, Chair, Department of History, University of Akron
• “One China or Two: The changing relations across the Taiwan Strait—from the ROC perspective,” Hueping Chin, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Drury University
• "Reflection of Chinese Traditional Values in Cross Strait Relations." Kristina Mao, Assistant Professor, Stephen F. Austin University
• “Understanding China’s Irredentist Claims to Taiwan,” Dennis Hickey, The James F. Morris Professor of Political Science, Missouri State University

Discussant:  Hsiang-Wang Liu, Visiting Professor, Department of History, Missouri State University

10:30 am:  Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. Panel 2:  Challenges and Opportunities: Recent Developments in Cross-Strait Relations—the Chinese Mainland Perspective

Chair:  Dennis Hickey, The James F. Morris Professor of Political Science, Missouri State University

•  "The US Factor in Building a Peace Framework Across the Taiwan Strait,”  Gang Lin, Executive Director, Center for Taiwan Studies, Jiao Tong University (Shanghai, PRC) and Liu Jing.
• “Cross Strait Relations:  Assessing the Transformation and Forecasting the Future,” Baohui Zhang, Associate Professor,  Lingnan University (Hong Kong, SAR, China)
• “The Changing Dynamics of Nationalism and Identity: A Constructivist View of the Cross-Strait Relations,” Yitan Li,  Assistant Professor,  Department of Political Science, Seattle University
• "Beijing's Taiwan Policy: Changes and Impacts", Qingsi Li, Professor, School of International Studies, China People’s University (Beijing, PRC)
  
   

Discussant: Michael Sheng, Department of History, University of Akron

 

12:15-1:30 Lunch: 

1:30 p.m., Panel 3:  Challenges and Opportunities: Recent Developments in Cross-Strait Relations—the Taiwan Perspective

Chair: Weirong Schaefer, Asian Art and Letters Coordinator, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Missouri State University

•  "National Security and Economic Rationality: An Assessment of Ma Ying-jeou's Cross-Strait Policy,” T.Y. Wang,  Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Political Science, Illinois State University [with co-authors Sufeng Cheng, Lu-huei Chen, and Ching-hsin Yu of National Chengchi University's Election Study Center]

• "The Taiwan-China Business Environment after President Ma's Election," Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chair, Department of Political Science University of Mary Washington

• Paper Title Provided Shortly. Ambassador Yu-Tai Cheng, Republic of China Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taipei, ROC)

• "The Political Culture of the Taiwan Issue," Shiping Hua, Professor and Director, Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville
   

Discussant:  Peter J. Schifferle, Director, Advanced Operational Art Studies Fellowship, School of Advanced Military Studies  US Army Command and General Staff College.

2:45 p.m. Coffee Break

3:00 p.m., Panel 4:  Challenges and Opportunities:  Cross-Strait Relations and Implications for the US and the International Community

Chair:  Hueping Chin, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Drury University

 

• "Unbalanced Threat or Rising Integration? Explaining Relations Across the Taiwan Strait." Steve Chan, Professor, University of Colorado
• "U.S. Policy Concerning Cross-Strait Challenges and Changes."  Shirley Kan, Specialist, Asian Security Affairs, Congressional Research Service.
• “Public Opinion and Security Stability in the Taiwan Strait,” Emerson Niou, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Duke University
• "Expeditionary Operations: The Price of Superpower Status," Peter J. Schifferle, Director, Advanced Operational Art Studies Fellowship, School of Advanced Military Studies  US Army Command and General Staff College and "China's Military Modernization:  Global Interests but not yet Expeditionary," Major Jon Parvin, US Army.

Discussant:  Jerome Johnson, Graduate Assistant in the Graduate Program in Global Studies, Missouri State University and Communications Officer for the Political Science Graduate Students Organization (PSGS) at Missouri State University.

6:30 p.m. Dinner (invitation only) with a keynote address entitled, “Cross Strait Relations:  Challenges and Opportunities,” delivered by Alan Romberg, Distinguished Fellow, The Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC.

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