Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations and East Asia

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1 Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations and East Asia Instructor s Name & Profile Vice Dean & Associate Professor Dr. Kwei-Bo Huang ( 黃奎博 ) Department of Diplomacy, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University Course Date & Time July 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 9:10 a.m. 12 p.m. Objectives This 18-hour undergraduate-level course will aim to introduce past and contemporary relations between Taiwan (whose official title is the Republic of China, ROC) and mainland China (officially known as the People s Republic of China, PRC) in the context of East Asia, including major state actors like the United States, Japan, South Korea (ROK), North Korea (DPRK), Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, as well as major non-state actors and regional mechanisms, including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and the Asia Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB). To help the students who lack basic knowledge of East Asia better understand the region, an issue-based thematic syllabus rather than a chronical one will be adopted. On completion of the course, the students shall acquire some general knowledge of cross-taiwan Strait relations and key developments impacting or being impacted by the regional (sometimes even global) political and economic framework of East Asia. It is hoped that the students will be able to demonstrate some interdisciplinary analytical skills to identify and scrutinize issues revolving in or around the Taiwan Strait. Course Description This course is not for those who have had advanced knowledge of cross-taiwan Strait relations, so it is strongly suggested that they not take this course. The teaching takes the form of lectures, individual and group work, oral presentations, and video demonstrations. All will be conducted in English. Many professional journals cover interactions between Taiwan and mainland China. Of these journals concentrating largely on cross-strait relations, they could be represented by, for instance, Asian Survey, Pacific Review, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Asian Politics & Policy, Global Asia, Orbit, and Foreign Affairs. Currently Founding Director of the Center for Foreign Policy Studies, NCCU College of International Affairs, as well as Secretary-General of the Taiwan-based Association of Foreign Relations. Former chairperson of the Research & Planning Committee at the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former Vice President of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, and Founding Director of NCCU International Master s Program in International Studies (IMPIS). Campus kweibo@nccu.edu.tw. 1

2 Course Outline or Topics Schedules and Themes of Class Meetings 8 July, 2019 (Mon.) Course Administration General History of the Republic of China (ROC) and the People s Republic of China (PRC): 1910s to mid-1970s The Republic of China Executive Yuan, History of the Republic of China pp , at Joyce K. Kallgren, ed., The People s Republic of China after Thirty Years An Overview, China Research Monograph No. 15 by Center for Chinese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley CA: Regents of the University of California, 1979), at (quickly browse through pp ) For a more general introduction to ROC-PRC relations, see Eleanor Albert, China-Taiwan Relations, Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder, June 15, 2018, at 9 July, 2019 (Tue.) Political Engagement between the ROC and the PRC Linda Chao and Ramon H. Myers, The Divided China Problem: Conflict Avoidance and Resolution (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institute, 2000), at Yu-Jie Chen and Jerome Cohen, China-Taiwan Relations Re-examined: The 1992 Consensus and Cross-Strait Agreements, at Bonnie S. Glaser, ed., Building Trust across the Taiwan Strait: A Role for Military Confidence-building Measures (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2010), at Web.pdf. Josh Wenger, Cross-Strait Political Negotiation: Background and Exploration of the Prenegotiation Approach, at Kwei-Bo Huang, The Politics of Mainland China s Economic Statecraft in Relation to Current Cross-Strait Relations, in Lee Mingjiang and Natalie Yan Hong, eds., China s Economic Statecraft: Co-optation, Cooperation and Coercion (Singapore: World Scientific, 2017), pp. 3-35, at 10 July, 2019 (Wed.) Economic Relations between the ROC and the PRC Kwei-Bo Huang, Beyond the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement: Seeking a 2014 Consensus for Taiwan, Brookings Institution, April 13, 2014, at ensus-for-taiwan/. Tung-chieh Tsai and Tony Tai-ting Liu, Cross-Strait Relations and Regional Integration: A Review of the Ma Ying-jeou Era ( ), Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Vol. 46, No. 1 (2017), pp , at Frank C.-S. Liu and Yitan Li, Generation Matters: Taiwan s Perceptions of Mainland China and Attitudes Towards Cross-Strait Trade Talks, Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 26, Iss. 4 (September 2016), pp , at 2

3 15 July, 2019 (Mon.) The People- or Society-based Dimensions of Cross-Strait Relations Chih-Jou Jay Chen, The Social Bases of Cross-Strait Policies in Taiwan, at Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Cross Strait Multiple Interactions in an Era of No High-level Contacts, Paper Delivered at the 14th Annual Conference on China-EU Relations and the Taiwan Question, Shanghai, PRC, Ocrober 19-21, 2017, at an_2017.pdf. Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla and Stephan Fleischauer, The Shadow of China over Taiwan's Democracy, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 3-9, at Ye Weili; Michael Toomey, Chinese Nationalism, Cyber-populism, and Cross-strait Relations, Paper Draft Prepared for the 2017 ISA International Conference in Hong Kong, at 16 July, 2019 (Tue.) The U.S. and Cross-Strait Relations Why does the United States Care about Taiwan? Peterson Institute for International Economics, at Jacques delisle, Soft Power in a Hard Place: China, Taiwan, Cross-Strait Relations and U.S. Policy, Orbis, Vol. 54 (Fall 2010), pp , at Ralph A. Cossa, U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations: Managing Triangular Stability: A Summary of Discussions from the NCAFP Cross-Strait Relations Trilateral Conference, March 27-28, 2018, at 17 July, 2019 (Wed.) Group Debate 1: Whether Taiwan s New Southbound Policy should been seen as a policy tool that distances Taiwan from mainland China economically? Group Debate 2: Whether Unaffable Cross-Strait Relations Better Serve the Interest of Major Stakeholders in East Asia? Chih-Mao Tang, Taiwan's Challenges in the Changing Landscape of Regional Security and Economy in the Asia-Pacific Region after the Cold War, Studia z Polityki Publicznej, Vol 4, No. 12 (December 2016), pp , at Chin_Mao_Tang_Taiwans_Challenges_in_th_Changing.pdf. Kwei-Bo Huang, Taiwan s New Southbound Policy: Background, Objectives, Framework, and Limits, UNISCI Journal, No. 46 (January 2018), at Embracing the BRI Ecosystem in 2018: Navigating Pitfalls and Seizing Opportunities, Deloitte Insights, February 12, 2018, at Laura A. Johnston, The Belt and Road Initiative: What is in it for China? Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 2019), at 3

4 Requirements and Grades The final score will be based on the following criteria: class participation (40%), written assignment (40%), and group debate (20%). Class participation includes on-time attendance (15%) and active contribution to class discussion (25%). In general, the instructor will lecture for about 90 minutes, perhaps including a couple of video clips that are related to the topic of the day, followed by class discussions. During the lecture students can pose questions any time. The written assignment (40%) is a 3-to-4-page commentary essays (single spaced, 12-point Times New Roman) on any two (e-)journal articles, not blog articles or something similar, related to one of the topics upon which this session touches. In this assignment, specify the sources clearly, justify why you choose them to read and why, summarize the articles briefly, as well as indicate whether or not they have inspired you. The short commentary essays should be handed to the instructor or the designated person no later than noon of July 24. Except extreme cases, no and late submission will be permitted. Using footnotes or endnotes moderately are strongly encouraged. Plagiarism will result in penalty. Assignments with serious plagiarism will not be accepted. Wrong format in footnotes or endnotes will affect the score to a great extent as well. Group debate (20%) will be on July 17. The tentative plan is for the students to be divided into 4 groups. Two of the groups will be assigned to a topic as indicated in the previous section. Details will be revealed in the first meeting. Reading Materials See Course Topics. Course Related Links It is understandable that the students registering in this course will have little time to manage the reading requirement in such a short and intensive session, so before the beginning of the summer sessions they are encouraged to read a few articles and essays in advance from some of the following websites : **East Asia Forum ( *Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER, *Southeast Asian Weekly ( *China Academy of Social Science (CASS, *Korea Development Institute ( *East Asia Institute in South Korea (EAI, *Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER, *Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA, *Institute of Strategic and International Studies in Malaysia (ISIS, *Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore ( **S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University ( **Center for Strategic and International Studies in Indonesia (CSIS, **Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP), Brookings Institution in USA ( **Center for Strategic and International Studies in USA (CSIS, ** means highly recommended, but that doesn t mean at all that those with one *. are less important. 4

5 *Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ( *Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in USA ( **Pacific Forum CSIS s Comparative Connections ( **Lowy Institute in Australia ( 5