Taiwan and the World in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges

Sponsored by The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University

Saturday November 10, 2018

Opening Ceremony:CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)

8:30 – 9:00 am

• Kerwin Swint, Interim Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University
• Vincent Jing-Yen Liu, Director General, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Atlanta

Panel I:9:00 – 10:20 am CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)

Democracy and Political Governance

Chair: John Hsieh, University of South Carolina

• “Taiwan’s Civil-Military Relations and the DPP Government after 2016”

Wei-Chin Lee, Wake Forest University

• “Monuments and Mandates: Transitional Justice, Regime Legitimacy and the Fate of National Memorials in Taiwan and China”

Karl Fields, University of Puget Sound

• “Diversionary Behavior for Weak State Leaders”

Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of St. Thomas

Charles Kuan-Sheng Wu, Purdue University

Discussant: Jessica Liao, North Carolina State University

Panel II: 10:30 – 11:50 am CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)

Political Attitudes and Behaviors

Chair: Hans Stockton, University of St. Thomas

• “Understanding the Sources and Patterns of Attitudes Toward Minorities in Taiwan”

Pei-Te Lien, University of California, Santa Barbara

Amanda Brush, University of California, Santa Barbara

• “How Do Candidate Selection and Symmetry of Single-Member District and Proportional Representation Affect Parliamentary Party Behavior in Mixed-Member Majoritarian Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Taiwan and South Korea”

Mi-Son Kim, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

• “Personality Traits and Political Participation in Taiwan”

Chia-Hung Tsai, National Chengchi University

Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, Sam Houston State University

Ching-Hsing Wang, University of Houston

Discussant: Chien-Kai Chen, Rhodes College

Lunch: CL 1009 (Kennesaw Campus)

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Panel III: 1:30 – 2:50 pm CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)

Taiwan’s Foreign Relations and Diplomatic Initiatives

Chair: Yuan-Kang Wang, Western Michigan University

• “Sino-Vatican Negotiations: Implications for Taiwan”

Tun-Jen Cheng, College of William and Mary

• “Taiwan’s Quest for International Space: Continuity and Adaptation in the Tsai Era”

Jacques deLisle, University of Pennsylvania

• “Establishing Bilateral Trade Agreement Without Mutual Diplomatic Relations: The Case of the Republic of China on Taiwan”

Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of St. Thomas

Discussant: Yuan-Kang Wang, Western Michigan University

Panel IV: 3:00 – 4:20 pm CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)

Cross-Strait Relations and Issues

Chair: T. Y. Wang, Illinois State University

• “Cross-Strait Relations in Era of Xi’s China Dream”

John Garver, Georgia Tech

• “Who Do Taiwanese Trust to Engage in Political Negotiation with Beijing?”

Shi-Huei Yang, Columbia University & National Taiwan University

• “China-Taiwan Relations: the Rule of Law and the Rule of ‘Carrots and Sticks’”

Yu-Jie Chen, Academia Sinica

Jerome A. Cohen, New York University

• “How Chinese Legal Advice Websites Imagine a Unified China”

John Wagner Givens, Kennesaw State University

Discussants: T.Y. Wang, Illinois State University

Dalton Lin, Georgia Tech

Roundtable:4:30 – 5:50 pm CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)

Promoting Taiwan Studies in the U.S.

Chair: Emerson Niou, Duke University

Panelists:

• Brett Benson, Vanderbilt University
• Tsung Chi, Occidental College
• Thomas Gold, University of California, Berkeley
• Vincent Wang, Ithaca College

Sunday November 11, 2018

Panel V: 8:30 – 9:50 am CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)

Taiwan’s Political Economy in Regional and Global Contexts

Chair: Penny Prime, Georgia State University

• “China Factor in Taiwan’s New South-bound Policy: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and the Philippines”

Karl Ho, University of Texas, Dallas

Tim Chen, Soochow University

Kuan-Chen Lee, Academia Sinica

• “The Polarization of Cross-Strait Relations since 2016”

1. Philip Hsu, National Taiwan University

• “Taiwan’s Energy (In) Security: Challenges to Growth and Development”

Prachi Aggarwal, Sanchi University

Discussant: Dina Moulioukova, University of Miami

Panel VI: 10:00 – 11:20 am CL 1010 (Kennesaw Campus)

Young Scholars Panel

Chair: Tse-min Lin, University of Texas, Austin

• “Does Income Inequality Hurt Democracy? Evidence From East Asian Democracies”

Yi-Tzu Lin, University of South Carolina

• “Critical Citizens, Democratic Satisfaction, and Support in Asian Democracies”

Yu-Ceng Liao, University of Houston

• “Smart Diplomacy: The Case for Taiwan’s Southbound Strategy”

Adnan Rasool, Georgia State University

Discussant: Dennis Lu-Chung Weng, Sam Houston State University

Lunch: CL 1009 (Kennesaw Campus)

11:30 am – 1:30 pm