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Full Talk Title: Whither China: Taiwan Experts’ Assessment of Mainland China’s Economic, Social, and Political Stability
Speakers:
Hsin-Hsien Wang, Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies and Director of the Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University (NCCU)
Chin-fu Hung, Professor in the Department of Political Science, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
Chuei-Ling Shin, Professor in the Department of Political Economy, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)
Meng-Chun Liu, Research Fellow and Director of the First Research Division, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER)
Shih-Jiunn Shi, Professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University (NTU)
Yun Wang, Professor at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University (NCCU)
Moderator:
Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
A group of leading Taiwan experts on mainland China, organized by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, will share their assessments of China’s economic, social, and political stability.
Speakers' Bios:
Chin-fu Hung is a professor of Chinese politics and political economy in the Department of Political Science at National Cheng Kung University. He received his Ph.D. in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick, U.K. in 2006. He currently serves as a Commissioner in Taiwan’s Examination Yuan and as an Advisor to Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation. His current research examines the impact of new media on authoritarian resilience in China.
Chuei- Ling Shin is Professor of Political Economy at National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. Her research focuses on comparative economic security strategy and the changing global economic order, spanning China’s economy and supply-chain resilience, economic security in the European Union and Taiwan, BRICS, and international financial change. Her recent work includes a UK government-commissioned study on Taiwan’s economic security, alongside selected publications on Argentina’s economic reform and Taiwan’s relations with the Baltic region.
Meng-Chun Liu is Director of the First Research Division and a Research Fellow at the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), Taiwan. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Monash University. His research focuses on China’s economic and innovation policy, U.S.–China technology competition, RMB internationalization, supply-chain resilience, Taiwan’s industrial policy, and international trade and investment. His recent work examines techno-containment, latecomer innovation, open-weight AI ecosystems, and firms’ responses to tariff shocks and geopolitical restructuring.
Yun (Ray) Wang is a professor at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies (GIEAS), an Advisory Committee Member at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), and an Executive Committee Member at the Center for the Study of Chinese Religions (CSCR), all at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Dr. Wang specializes in transnational advocacy, human security, religious freedom, cross-Strait relations, and the Chinese United Front.
This event is part of the Andrew J. Nathan Taiwan Lecture Series and is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and co-sponsored by the China and World Program.
Event venue & nearby stays
Weatherhead East Asian Institute (located at the School of International and Public Affairs), 420 West 118th Street, New York, United States
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