Special Event: Party Politics and Cross-Strait Relations in Taiwan after the 2016 Elections
Special Event: Party Politics and Cross-Strait Relations in Taiwan after the 2016 Elections
Sunday, September 3, 201712:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Pacific)
2nd Floor, Olympic Room
Westin St. Francis Union Square,
335 Powell St.
San Franciso, CA 94102
For this special theme panel, the Taiwan Democracy Project has invited presentations that examine important changes in Taiwan’s party politics and cross-Strait relations since the election of President Tsai Ing-wen and a DPP majority in the legislature in Taiwan in January 2016. The event will be held in San Francisco, CA, directly following the conclusion of the American Political Science Association annual conference there, and is open to the public. Conference attendees with an interest in Taiwan are especially encouraged to attend.
The event will include two panels followed by open discussion:
12:00-1:30pm
Panel I. Party Politics after the 2016 Elections
1. Nathan Batto, “The KMT Party Organization”
2. Austin Wang, “The DPP Party Organization”
3. Da-chi Liao, “New Party Organizations”
Chair: Larry Diamond, Stanford University
Discussant: Kharis Templeman, Stanford University
2:00-3:30pm
Panel II. Cross-Strait Relations and Taiwan’s Foreign Policy after the 2016 Elections
4. Dalton Lin, “Beijing’s Taiwan Policy after the 2016 Elections”
5. Shirley Lin, “Taiwan and the High Income Trap”
Chair: Kharis Templeman
Discussant: Larry Diamond
The Taiwan Democracy Project is a research program affilated with the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Insitute for International Studies, Stanford University. This event is made possible by generous support from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco.