Exploring Federalism and Integration - EU, Taiwan, China and Korea
Japanese-German Centre
Freie Universität Berlin
Oct. 25th - 27th, 2002

Organised by the Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies in collaboration with Kyunghee University, Seoul.

The conference assessed the relevance of experiences in federalism and integration for the resolution of tensions in East Asia -- with a focus on the Korean Peninsula and China-Taiwan.

The programme outline of the conference identifies four specific cohesive processes which may reduce tensions: Institution building, Trade and Investment articulation, Culture and Value exchanges and Leadership.

Two further sessions will examine the Korean sunshine policy and the 'new politics' between China and Taiwan from these angles. The conference will follow-up the findings of the conference.

China and Taiwan: Europe's Role, held in Brussels on December 3-5, 2000.

Exploring Federalism and Integration - the EU, Taiwan, China and Korea
Final Programme

Dates: OCTOBER 26 and 27, 2002
Venue: Japanese German Centre Berlin
Saargemünde Strasse 2
D-14195 Berlin, Germany

A Conference organised by
European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Asia-Europe Centre)
Institut für Asienkunde, Hamburg
International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden
Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen

in collaboration with the

Kyung Hee University, Seoul

Saturday 26 October -- Japanese-German Centre Berlin

09:15 Registration at Reception of the Japanese-German Center Berlin

09:30 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Remarks:

Chair: Mr Graham Watson MEP- President, European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Group
Member of the European Parliament, Brussels

Mr David Fouquet - Secretary-General, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

Prof Wim Stokhof - Director, International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden

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

10:00 First Session: Evolving Institutions on Two Continents

Chair:
Mr Graham Watson MEP - President, European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Group
Member of the European Parliament, Brussels

Presentations:

On Institution Building of the European Union and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (pdf)
Dr David W.F. Huang - Institute for European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Discussant:
Prof Elke Thiel - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin

Open debate

11:00 Break (tea & coffee)

11:15 Political and Institutional Change in China PRC
Prof Jia Qing Guo - School of International Studies, Beijing University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

11:45 Open debate

12:30 Buffet Lunch at the Japan-German Centre & Press Briefing

14:00 Second Session: Trade and Investment as a Bonding Force

Chair:
Mr Graham Watson MEP - President, European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Group
Member of the European Parliament, Brussels
Presentations:
Trade and Investment and the Taiwan Straits – building bridges? (pdf)
Dr Vincent Siew Chairman - Cross-Strait Common Market Foundation; Former Prime Minister, Taiwan

Discussants:
Dr Rüdiger Machetzki - Senior Research Fellow, Institut für Asienkunde, Hamburg, Germany
Prof Park Ki An - Kyung Hee University, Seoul

14:45 Open discussion

15:45 Break (tea and coffee)

16:00 Third Session: Taiwan and China in a new political age

Chair:
Prof Wim Stokhof Director - International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

Presentations:
Separate Identity, Common Fate?
Ms Bi-Khim Hsiao - Member of the Legislative Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan

Chinese Perceptions of the Cross-Strait Problem (pdfà
Dr Greg Austin - Senior Visiting Research Fellow, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, Belgium

17:00 Open Discussion

18:00 All Chairs, Speakers and Participants are cordially invited to a Reception at the Japanese-German Centre Berlin

19:30 End of Day's Programme

Sunday 27 October -- Japanese-German Centre Berlin

10:00 Fourth Session: The Korean Peninsula – Sunshine or Frost?

Chair:
Prof Wim Stokhof Director - International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

Presentations:
Wider Regional Implications of Korean approchement (pdf)
Prof Kwon Man Hak - Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea

Security and Insecurity Perceptions in the Korean Peninsula
Mr David Fouquet - Secretary-General, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, Belgium

Economic Reforms or System Collapse?
Dr Willem van der Geest - Director, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, Belgium

11:00 Open discussion

12:15 Lunch at the Japanese-German Centre Berlin

14:15 Fifth Session: Cultural Exchange and Leadership as Forces towards Integration

Chair:
Prof Wim Stokhof - Director, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

Presentations:

Identity, Interests, Integration -- Interaction between Taiwan, China and the US
Dr Szu Yin Ho - Director, Institute for International Relations, National Chenchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

Discussants:
Prof Jia Qing Guo - School of International Studies, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Dr Greg Austin - Senior Visiting Research Fellow, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels,Belgium

15:15 Open discussion

16:00 Summary by the Academic Rapporteurs

Dr David WF Huang, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Prof Kwon Man Hak, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea
Dr Rüdiger Machetzki, Institut für Asienkunde, Hamburg, Germany
Dr Willem van der Geest, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, Belgium

16:30 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE