China Research Seminar public talk

November 29, 10:00am - 11:30am
Mānoa Campus, Moore Hall 109

Announcing the following public talk, part of the Center for Chinese Studies at UHM's China Research Seminars series:

"The Situation across the Taiwan Strait: Challenges and Opportunities for China and the United States"

by Li Peng, Gao Herong, Chen Xiancai, and Huang Rihan, Graduate Institute for Taiwan Studies, Xiamen University

Abstract: The Chinese government has always believed that the Taiwan issue is the most important and sensitive core issue in China–U.S. relations. It is not only related to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but it also involves the national sentiments of the 1.3 billion Chinese people. Since President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan came to power in 2016, the situation in the Taiwan Strait has become complicated and severe. The political relationship between the two sides of the Strait is deadlocked. The security situation in the Taiwan Strait is on track to become tense. The cross-Strait foreign-related struggle has become fiercer, and civil exchanges have also been affected. After the Trump administration labeled China as a “strategic competitor,” the challenges facing China and the United States on the Taiwan issue far outweigh the opportunities, and its potential dangers are far greater than those of other issues.

About the speakers:

LI Peng is Dean and Professor of political science at the Graduate Institute for Taiwan Studies (GIfTS), Xiamen University, member of the 4th council of Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Research Center for Cross Straits Relations under PRC’s Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. His research work focuses on Taiwanese politics, cross-Strait relations and the PRC’s foreign policy concerning Taiwan issue.

GAO Herong is professor at the School of Public Affairs of Xiamen University. His research work focuses on China’s social welfare, social security and Taiwan’s social policy.

CHEN Xiancai is professor and director of the Department of Taiwan’s Politics at GIfTS. He is Adjunct Research Fellow at the Research Center for Cross Straits Relations under Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. His research work focuses on Taiwan’s party politics, election and the Democratic Progressive Party.

WANG Hua is professor and director of the Department of Taiwan’s Economy at GIfTS. His research work focuses on Taiwan’s economy, cross-strait economic relations.

HUANG Rihan is professor and assistant dean of the School of International Relations of Hua Qiao University. His research work focuses on China’s foreign policy and Belt and Road initiative.

The public is cordially invited to attend. Free admission. Please put this date on your calendar and plan to attend!


Ticket Information
Free admission. Open to the public.

Event Sponsor
Center for Chinese Studies, Mānoa Campus

More Information
(808) 956-8891, china@hawaii.edu, Situation across the Taiwan Strait (PDF)

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