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Michael Mcfaul, Director of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, comments on the political situation in Thailand

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Explaining the apathetic response of the U.S. administration towards the military coup in Thailand, Michael A. McFaul noted that "nobody wants to go to bat for Thaksin. He's just an odious figure." The problem with this approach, he added, is that "democracy's not about picking winners and losers, it's about defending institutions."
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Tsung Chi

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Stanford, CA 94305-6055

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Dr. Tsung Chi is professor of politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles where he teaches comparative politics, East Asian politics, Chinese politics, and research methodology. At Occidental College, he was chair of the Department of Politics from 1999-2002 and chair of the Department of Asian Studies from 2005-2006. His most recent publication is East Asian Americans and Political Participation. He received his B.A. in political science from National Chengchi University in Taiwan and Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University.

Taiwan's Current Political Dilemma and the Prospects of the Cross-Strait relations

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This is a Special Seminar within the CDDRL Taiwan Democracy Program (co-sponsored with Shorenstein APARC).

Tang Fei was the first premier of Republic of China on Taiwan under the current Chen Shui-bian Government in 2000. Before he was appointed premier, Tang served as minister of national defense (1999-2000), chairman (1998) and vice chairman (1995-98) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and commander-in-chief of the Air Force. He also served overseas as a deputy military attaché to the United States (1972-75) and as chief military attaché to South Africa (1979-82).

Premier Tang was a visiting scholar with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in 2002.

In this special seminar, Premier Tang will address the internal conflicts and external challenges that Taiwan has faced since power transition in 2000.

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Tang Fei Former Premier of Republic of China on Taiwan Speaker
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Bou-Wen Lin

Shorenstein APARC
Stanford University
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Stanford, CA 94305-6055

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Bou-Wen Lin is Professor of Institute of Technology Management at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He gained his doctorate in Management of Technology in 1998 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He is a teacher and writer in the fields of international technology transfer, new product development, real options, and strategic management of technology.

Lin is author of articles in several journals including IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Business Research, R&D Management, International Journal of Human Resources Management, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. His current research interests include technology valuation, interfirm collaboration, knowledge management in manufacturing firms, and new venture management.

SPRIE workshop examines "Greater China's Innovative Capacity: Progress and Challenges"

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On May 20-21, 2006, the Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) and the China Institute for Science and Technology Policy (CISTP) of Tsinghua University co-sponsored an international workshop in Beijing on "Greater China's Innovative Capacity: Progress and Challenges."

The workshop, held in collaboration with the Zhongguancun Science Park and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), was hosted on the campus of Tsinghua University. Participation by more than 70 academics, industry leaders and government policy makers reflected many of the ongoing partnerships SPRIE holds with institutions, individuals and organizations around the world.

The nine workshop sessions and more than twenty paper presentations provided rich opportunities for engaging discussion and knowledge sharing. The output of this workshop will lead to the publishing of selected proceedings in the near future.

Theme and Topics

The workshop addressed how the innovative capacities in Greater China are evolving. What are the most significant areas of progress and challenge? Scholars and business leaders from the U.S., Europe and Asia were brought together to discuss new research and current practice of key aspects of Greater China's innovative capacity: inputs, processes, outputs, institution, government policies, business models and management strategies.

More specifically, the workshop focused on:

  • information and communications technologies
  • innovation across the value chain from R&D to business processes and models
  • development within and linkages among key regions and players in mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and Silicon Valley
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Who Will Win the 2008 Presidential Election? Social Cleavages, Political Parties, and Electoral Politics in Taiwan

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This is a Research Seminar within the CDDRL Taiwan Democracy Program.

John Fuh-sheng Hsieh is the former director of the Center for Asian Studies at University of South Carolina (USC). Currently he is Professor of the Political Science Department at USC. Professor Hsieh received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester in 1982. Before moving to the University of South Carolina, he taught at National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taipei, Taiwan. He has been active in scholarly activities, serving as secretary-general of the Chinese Association of Political Science (Taipei), chairman of the Comparative Representation and Electoral Systems Research Committee in the International Political Science Association, and coordinator of the Conference Group on Taiwan Studies, a related group in the American Political Science Association. His research interests include rational choice theory, constitutional choice, electoral systems, electoral behavior, political parties, democratization, foreign policy, and East Asian politics.

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John Fuh-sheng Hsieh Professor of Political Science Speaker University of South Carolina
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Managing Cultural Conflicts: State Power and Alternative Globalization in China

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Yunxiang Yan is a professor of anthropology and co-director of the Center for Chinese Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese Village (Stanford University Press, 1996) and Private Life under Socialism: Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village, 1949-1999 (Stanford University Press, 2003). His current research interests include the rise of the individual and the impact of cultural globalization in urban China.

This seminar is part of the Taiwan/China Seminar Series hosted by Melissa Brown, Assistant Professor, Anthropological Sciences, Stanford University.

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Yunxiang Yan Professor of Anthropology Speaker University of California - Los Angeles
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Greater China's Innovative Capacities: Progress and Challenges

On May 20-21, 2006, the Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) of Stanford University and the China Institute for Science and Technology Policy (CISTP) of Tsinghua University will co-sponsor a workshop in Beijing, China, with the collaboration of Zhongguancun Science Park and the Industrial Technology Research Institute. The English version of the proceedings will be published by SPRIE.

Theme and Topics

The theme is the progress in and challenges to Greater China's innovative capacities. The workshop will include discussions of key drivers of innovative capacity: the inputs, processes, institutions, management strategies and outputs, including evidence of innovative capacities as demonstrated in new products, processes, services or business models.

The workshop will focus on information technology and telecommunications, focusing on development within and linkages among Mainland China and Taiwan, plus Singapore and Silicon Valley. Workshop sessions will include:

Statistical indicators

Corporate R&D: Multinational and domestic firms

University and research institute R&D

Science and technology human resources

Regional innovation

New technologies and business models

Papers invited include case studies of products and of firms, analysis of trends and cross-industry or cross-regional comparisons.

Workshop Format

Attendance at the two-day workshop will be by invitation only. More than twenty papers will be presented and discussed by a group of international scholars; panel participants will include senior industry leaders and government policy makers. The workshop format will facilitate discussions.

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The Survival of Girls in China and the New Care for Girls Program

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China's population management, with consideration of cultural values impacting the growing sex ratio imbalance in China. Professor Li, along with his collaborator, Professor Marcus Feldman of Stanford University, have been advising the PRC government on this matter for some years now.

Professor Li Shuzhuo is director of the Institute for Population and Development Studies at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China. His many publications include articles in Population Studies, Population Research and Policy Review, Journal of Biosocial Sciences, Social Biology, and the Journal of Comparative Family Studies. His most recent book is Uxorilocal Marriage in Contemporary Rural China (by S. Li, X. Jin, M.W. Feldman, N. Li, and C. Zhu; China Social Sciences Academy Press, in Chinese).

Since 1994, Dr. Li has been an associate and consultant with the Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies at Stanford University. Together with Professor Marcus Feldman and other members of Xi'an Jiaotong - Morrison cooperative projects, Dr. Li has been advising the PRC government on population related policy issues. Dr. Li earned his Ph.D. at Xi'an Jiaotong University in the People's Republic of China.

This seminar is part of the Taiwan/China Seminar Series hosted by Melissa Brown, Assistant Professor, Anthropological Sciences, Stanford University.

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Li Shuzhuo Director, Population Research Institute Speaker Xi'an Jiaotong University, PRC
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