The Taiwan Issue in U.S.-China Relations: Examining Recent Developments

Long viewed by most experts as the most significant impediment to peaceable relations between the US and China, Taiwan continues to play a defining role. This panel will first evaluate how US-China-Taiwan relations have changed since the narrow re-election of Chen Shui-bian last year. The panelists will then examine those issues in US-China-Taiwan relations that appear to be constants — the “One China, Two Systems” policy, America's weapons embargo on the Mainland while maintaining sales of arms to Taiwan — and those which are bringing matters to a head, such as China's recently proposed “anti-secession” law and any implications of potential military commitment it contains.

Ramon Myers, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Huang Jing, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Thomas Gold, Associate Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley