On October 17-18, 2014 the Taiwan Democracy Project at CDDRL, with the generous support of the Taipei Economic and Culture Office, hosted its annual conference at Stanford University to examine the politics of polarization in Taiwan.
This conference brought together specialists from Taiwan, the U.S., and elsewhere in Asia to examine the sources and implications of this political polarization in comparative perspective. It will include a special case study of the Trade in Services Agreement with China that triggered this past year’s protests, as well as a more general overview of the politics of trade liberalization in Taiwan, prospects for Taiwan’s integration into the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other regional trade agreements, and a consideration of the implications for Taiwan’s long-term democratic future.
Boyu Chen (陳柏宇) is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. His research focuses on international relation theories as well as internet politics. Recent articles have appeared in East Asia, Pacific Focus, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific and Millennium: Journal of International Studies.