Past Conferences

"Beyond History: Reconciliation and Sources of Conflict between China and its Asian Neighbors"

CCUSC's 10th Annual International Symposium - May 4-5, 2012

Our diverse speaker list included delegates from China, Japan, South Korea and India as well as guests from the UK, Canada and the U.S. Ambassador James Keith served as our dinner speaker for the event. He discussed "Strategic Trust in U.S.-China Relations and the Implications for East Asia." Ambassador Keith is one of the U.S. government's top experts on China and was the U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia from 2007-2010.

The conference was co-hosted by Zhejiang University & Charhar Institute.

Conference Participants Bios and Paper Abstracts

Conference Agenda

Speaker Interviews

Korbel student, Daniel Green, sat down with a few of the conference presenters for a quick interview. Check them out by choosing the links below.

Podcast interview with Ambassador James Keith

Podcast interview with Yoshikazu Kato

 

 

“Transformation of US-China Relations: Issues and Challenges"

CCUSC's 9th Annual International Symposium - May 6, 2011

This one-day conference featured strategic and security issues, core interests and domestic politics, sea power, economic and energy issues, and non-traditional security, Taiwan, and Japan forces as major panel topics.

Conference Agenda
Speaker List

United States Delegation:

Chinese Delegation:

Barry Naughton
Bio
"US-China Economic Relations"

Shen Dingli
Bio
"Some Strategic Issues between China and the US"

Andrew Scobell
Bio
"Security Dilemmas in US-China Relations"
Abstract

Xin Qiang
Bio
"Sea Power in China-US Relations"
Abstract
June Teufel Dreyer
Bio
"Sino-Japanese-US Relations"
Abstract
Zhang Jiadong
Bio
"Non-traditional Security in China-US Relations"
Abstract
 Zhao Suisheng Zhao
Bio
"Bring the Hedge Back"
Abstract
   
Discussants:      

Bill Berry
Bio

  Abe Denmark
Bio
Paul Bolt
Bio
Gao Fei
Bio
Cai Cuihong
Bio
Tara O
Bio
       

Dinner Speakers:

   
Christopher R. Hill
Bio
David M. Lampton
Bio

 

2010
May 21, 2010 -
CCUSC's 8th Annual International Symposium
"China on the World Stage: The Struggle of a Rising Power
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  This one-day conference explored the historic, domestic and external sources of China’s struggle as a rising world power, as well as its relations with other major powers, third world countries and its Asian Pacific neighbors.
Conference Agenda
Participant Biographies and Abstracts

 

2009
May 28-29, 2009 - CCUSC's 7th Annual International Symposium:

"China, US and Regional Cooperation and Institution-building in the Asia-Pacific"
The conference explored the regional cooperation and institutionalization efforts in the Asia-Pacific, particularly the role of major powers, China and the United States.  A group of outstanding of scholars presented papers and engage in dialogue on these crucially important topics. The Thursday evening dinner featured Dr. David M. Lampton from Johns Hopkins University who presented “The United States and China in the Age of Obama: Looking Each Other Straight in the Eyes.”
Conference Agenda
Conference Abstracts
Participant Biographies

Conference participants with William Sharpless Jackson. Jr.
*picture courtesy of Guy Charles photography*

2008
May 30-31, 2008 - CCUSC's 6th Annual International Symposium: Washington Consensus versus Beijing Consensus: Sustainability of China's Development Model.
Co-sponsored by The Center for China Studies at National Taiwan University. The Beijing consensus is used to describe the model of development in which China has achieved a high level of economic growth without fundamental change in the communist one-party rule in contrast to the Washington's consensus (model) that demands a free market system going hand in hand with a liberal democratic reform. The conference explored the origins, evolutions, strengths and weaknesses of China's development model.
Conference Agenda
Conference Abstracts
Participant Biographies

2007
June 1-2, 2007 - 36th Taiwan-US Conference on Contemporary China: "The Challenge of a Rising China and US-China Competition/Cooperation in Asia Pacific" Co-sponsored by our China Center and the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University in Taipei
(Took place of the 5th Annual International Symposium)
Conference Agenda
Participant Biographies
Conference Abstracts

2006
April 28-29, 2006 - 4th Annual International Symposium: "United-States China Relations: New Challenges and Opportunities for Cooperation"

Conference Agenda
Participant Biographies
Abstracts

2005
May 13-14, 2005 - 3rd Annual CCUSC International Symposium:
US-China-Taiwan Relations in the Second Bush and Chen Shui-bian Administrations

Conference Agenda
Abstracts

September 29-October 1, 2005 - Western Conference of the Association of Asian Studies (WCAAS)
Agenda

2004
May 7-9, 2004: 2nd Annual CCUSC International Symposium: "US-China Relations Under the Bush and Hu Administrations"
Conference Agenda

2003
May 2-3, 2003 1st Annual International Symposium : The United States, Taiwan, and China in a Changing World: Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st Century
Paper Abstracts