Taiwan and China in the Global Communities

Friday October 17,  2003
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Tuesday  October 21,  2003
International Institute for Asian Studies, University of Leiden

In collaboration with,

Asia-Europe Centre - Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris

Institut für Asienkunde, Hamburg

Centre for East Asian Studies, Madrid

Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen

SOAS joins the Asia Alliance (photo)

Group Photograph

Programme (pdf)

List Of Participants (pdf)

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Friday 17 October

09:30  Registration

10:00 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Remarks
Mr Graham Watson MEP,  President, European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Group,  Member of the European Parliament, Brussels

Prof Elisabeth Croll, Vice-Principal, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
     
Dr Elly Touwen-Bouwsma, Chair, Academic Committee, International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden

Dr Willem van der Geest,  Director, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels ( Introduction Speech - pdf )
       
10:15 First Session
China and Taiwan in the Regional and Global Economy
 
Presentations:

East Asian Economic Regionalism: Its Impact on Beijing-Taipei Relations - Prof. Zhang Wei-wei,  Fudan University, Shanghai           Modern Asia Research Centre, Geneva
           
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: integration dynamics - Mr Willem van Kemenade, China Analyst and Consultant
           
11.15
China and Taiwan’s role in the future of the WTO. - Mr Keith Rockwell, Director, External Relations, World Trade Organisation, Geneva

Taiwan’s Experience as Member of International Organisations -       Prof. Hseik-wen Soong, Professor, Department of Political Science,  National Chung-Chen University, Chiayi, Taiwan           

12:00 Open debate

14:15 Second Session
Global Public Health, SARS, China and Taiwan

Prof. Brian Hook, Formerly Editor, The China Quarterly, London

Presentations:

Public Health in China and Taiwan during the post - SARS - Dr Babatunde Olowokure    Health Protection Agency – UK (Formerly World Health Organisation)

The request of Taiwan to accede to the World Health Organisation
-  Prof. Gerard Shih-hsiung Chow, Professor, Graduate Institute of Mainland China Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Discussant:   
Prof Robert Ash, Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan, School of Oriental and African Studies, London                   

15.00 Open discussion

16:00 Third Session
International Presence as an issue in Cross-Straits Relations
       
Mr Dick Gupwell, Secretary-General, European Institute for Asian Studies

Presentations:
Beijing's Views on Taiwan's International Presence - Willy Wo Lap Lam, CNN China Correspondent, Hong Kong
                     
Discussant:
Dr Greg Austin, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for International Cooperation and Security, Bradford

16:40 Open Discussion

17:30 Summaries by the Academic Rapporteurs
               
Prof. Leila Fernandez Stembridge – Professor of the Chinese Economy, Centre for East Asian Studies, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Prof. Robert Ash - Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Dr. Willem van der Geest - Director, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

18:00 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE BY PROF ELIZABETH CROLL


International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden
Tuesday 21 October

9:30 Registration

10:00 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Remarks
Prof. Wim Stokhof, Director, International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden
   
10:15 Academic Summaries of the London Conference
Prof Robert Ash, Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan, School of Oriental and African Studies, London        

Dr Willem van der Geest, Director, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

Dr Leila Fernandez Stembridge, Professor of Chinese Economy, Centre for East Asian Studies, Madrid

10:45 First Session
Transparency in China and Taiwan   
Presentations:
                   
Anti-corruption campaigns in the People’s Republic of China -
Benjamin van Rooi, Research Fellow, Van Vollenhoven Institute     Faculty of Law, Leiden University
     
Role of  the Media in Reforming China and Taiwan, Willy Wo Lap Lam, CNN China Correspondent, Hong Kong   

Discussant:
Prof. Zhang Wei-wei, Fudan University, Shanghai
       
Prof. Gerard Shih-hsiung Chow, Professor, Graduate Institute of Mainland China Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

11:45  Open discussion

14:00 Second Session
Taiwan and China’s Economic Reforms

Dr E.B. Vermeer, Department of Languages and Cultures of China  University of Leiden
   
Presentations:

China and Taiwan’s role in the future of the WTO - Mr Keith  Rockwell, Director, External Relations, World Trade Organisation, Geneva  (presented by Dr Willem van der Geest)  

The WTO and the State Owned Enterprise Workers - Dr Antoine Kernen, Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Geneva

Discussant:

Prof Leila Fernandez-Stembridge, Professor of Chinese Economy, Centre for East Asian Studies, Madrid
   
15:00 Open discussion

16:00 Third Session
Issues of Human Rights in China and Taiwan 

Presentations:
       
Globalisation, Human Rights and Taiwan’s New Diplomacy -    
Prof. Hseik-Wen Soong, Professor, Department of Political Science,
National Chung-Chen University, Chiayi, Taiwan
   
Discussants:

Economic and Social and Human Rights in China - Mr Willem van Kemenade, China Analyst and Consultant

Prof. Zhang Wei-wei, Fudan University, Shanghai
       
Dr Greg Austin, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for International Cooperation and Security, Bradford
       
17:00  Open discussion

17:30 Final and Concluding Session
Global Communities -- Opportunities for China and Taiwan 

Academic Rapporteurs of the European Alliance for Asian Studies will summarise

Prof. Leila Fernandez Stembridge, Professor of Chinese Economy, Centre for East Asian Studies, Madrid

Prof. Robert Ash, Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan, SOAS, London

Dr. Willem van der Geest, Director, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

18:00     CLOSE OF CONFERENCE BY PROF WIM STOKHOF