Asia Centre

August 30 Thursday (Day One)

8:40-9:00     Registration

9:00-9:10     Welcoming Remarks

9:10-9:40     Keynote Speech: Tsai Ing-wen, Former Vice Premier

9:40-10:00    Coffee Break

10:00-11:30   Session One –The Rise of China: Economic Power and Challenges to the World Order

Moderator: Hung-mao Tien, President & Chairman of the Board, Institute for National Policy Research

Presenters:

n           Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin, Madison

“The Rise of China as a Global Power?”

n           John Ravenhill, Australian National University

“Beijing Consensus” or “Washington Consensus?”

Discussants:

n           Parris Chang （張旭成）, Former Deputy Secretary General of National Security Council

n           Huan Guocang（宦國倉）, Primus Pacific, Hong Kong

11:30-12:00   Open Forum

12:00-14:00   Luncheon

14:00-15:30   Session Two –The Other Side of China’s Rise

Moderator: Ralph A. Cossa, Pacific Forum, CSIS

Presenters:

n           Pierre Noel, University of Cambridge

“Energy Security and China’s Rise”

■ Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

“Environmental Security and China’s Rise”

Discussants:

n           Yann-huei Song（宋燕輝）, Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

n           Daigee Shaw（蕭代基）, President, Chung-hua Institution for Economic Research

15:30-16:00   Open Forum

19:00        Dinner

August 31 Friday (Day Two)

09:30-11:00    Session Three - Responses from Major Powers: Balancing or Bandwagon Strategy?

Moderator: Yun-han Chu （朱雲漢）, Professor, National Taiwan University

Presenters:

■  Bonnie Glaser, Senior Associate, CSIS (invited)

“An American Perspective of the Rise of China”

n           Satoshi Amako（天兒慧）, Waseda University

“A Northeast Asian Perspective of the Rise of China”

Discussants:

n           Philip Yang（楊永明）, National Taiwan University

n           Shiau Chyuan-jenq（蕭全政）, National Taiwan University

11:00-11:30  Open Forum

11:30-13:00  Luncheon

13:00-14:30 Session Four –Responses from Two Blocs: Balancing or Bandwagon Strategy? 

Moderator: Cheng-yi Lin, Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica

Presenters:

■ Carolina G. Hernandez

“A Southeast Asian Perspective of the Rise of China”

■ Francois Godement, Director, Asia Centre, France

“An EU Perspective of the Rise of China”

Discussants:

n           Chyungly Lee （李瓊莉）, National Chengchi University

n           Tain-jy Chen （陳添枝）, Professor, National Taiwan University

14:30-15:00  Open Forum

15:00-15:10  Coffee Break

15:10-17:00  Session Five - A Tale of Two Cities: Taipei and Beijing

Moderator: Chi-lin Wei （魏啟林）, Chairman, Taiwan Economic and Industrial Association

Presenters:

■  Teh-sheng Hung （洪德生）, President, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

“Choosing between Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement or Free Trade Agreements?”

n   I-Chung Lai（賴怡忠）, Director, Taiwan ThinkTank

“Absorbing into Chinese Economic Arrangement while Maintaining Political Independence?”

Discussants:

n           Ralph A. Cossa, Pacific Forum, CSIS

n           Huan Guocang, Primus Pacific, Hong Kong

17:00-17:30  Session Six   Concluding Session

Moderator: Hung-mao Tien, INPR

Panelists:

Ralph A. Cossa, CSIS

Huan Guocang, Primus Pacific, Hong Kong

Francois Godement, Asia Centre

Carolina G. Hernandez, ISDS

John Ravenhill, ANU

Simon Tay, SIIA

19:00       Dinner