4/15/2013 - Videoconference: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will speak by video link to audiences in the United States.
Davidson Conference Center, Boardroom

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089     

Time：6:00-7:30PM

Free, please RSVP at uschina@usc.edu.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will speak by video link to audiences in the United States on April 15, 2013. After his presentation, Stanford University specialists Condoleezza Rice, Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama, and Gary Roughead will discuss the ideas presented and Taiwan's place in the world. After the video conference, attendees at USC will be able to discuss the ideas presented, including Taiwan's relationship with the mainland and with the United States. 

Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang（Nationalist Party）was first elected Taiwan's president in 2008. He was reelected in 2012. Before this he served as mayor of Taipei（1998-2006）. He was born in 1950 and attended National Taiwan University, New York University, and Harvard Law School. He is married and has two daughters. He got his start in politics working for then President Chiang Ching-kuo. During his presidency, he's worked to improve economic links with the mainland and with other countries. The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement is the broadest of the agreements that have been worked out with Beijing. Trade with the mainland has boomed and since 2008 there have been direct air and sea links. Thousands of tourists from the mainland visit Taiwan everyday. Ma has repeatedly insisted that while economic ties can and should be strengthened, the time is not right to forge political ties and that those could only proceed with the consent of the people of Taiwan.

Click here to visit the English language Office of the President website and click here to visit the Chinese website.

The USC U.S.-China Institute sent observation groups to Taiwan for the 2008 and 2012 elections. You can read and watch presentations on those at our website, YouTube channel, and iTunes collection. Professor and former Taiwan foreign ministry official  Huang Kwei-bo also spoke at USC about Taiwan's flexible foreign policy. We have also produced a documentary on cross-straits relations（part 1 and  part 2）. Professor  Shelley Rigger has also spoken at USCI about Why Taiwan Matters. Our documents collection includes  materials on US-Taiwan relations.   

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Upcoming USCI Events

4/8/2013 Screening：Crocodile in the Yangtze - The Story of a Westerner Inside China's Alibaba.com 

The USC U.S.-China Institute, the Asia/Pacific Business Outlook Conference, and the Asia Society present an inside look at what might be China's largest private company, followed by a brief discussion with director Porter Erisman.
Davidson Conference Center, Boardroom
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA 90089 

Time： 7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Free, please RSVP at uschina@usc.edu.      

4/25/2013 David Shambaugh - China Goes Global：The Partial Power

The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a book talk with David Shambaugh. "China Goes Global" discusses how China has become more active and assertive throughout the world.

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, ASC 204

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089     

Time：4:30-6:00PM 

Free, please RSVP at uschina@usc.edu. 

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