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CAPS International Conference
How to Strengthen US-Taiwan Relations
Hosted by
Chinese American Professional Society
October 28-29, 2007
Pacific Palms Conference Resort One Industry Hills Parkway City of industry, California, CA 91744
Conference Grant from National Science Council in Taiwan
Preparatory Committee Members: Walter Kiang (chair), Paul Tai, George Chen, Shia-ling Liu, Wuu-Long Lin, Joe Huang, Chuching Wang, William Yeh, Wen-hui Tsai, Allen Huang, Kuan-Hsiu Hsiao, Sidney Lu, Hsing Fang, Richard Liao, Eugene Wang, Adam S. Huarng, Ivy Kuan, Ben Li, Horng-Yi Lee, and Cathy Wei
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Conference Program
Sunday, October 28th
8:00-9:00 a. m. Registration
Chair: Wuu-Long Lin, Ph. D., Former Chief of Enterprise Management Studies, United Nations, New York
Co-Chairs: Cindy Hsing Fang Ph. D., Chairman of Department of Finance and Law, California State University at Los Angeles
Joe Huang, Ph. D., Chairman/President/CEO, American Plus Bank, N.A. “Creating Opportunities & Strengthening Relationships between Taiwan and the United States-Free Trade Agreement”
Director Andres C. Y. Liu, Director of Commercial Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
“A Comparative Study of Labor Productivity Growth and Economic Growth in Taiwan and the U.S.“
Dr. Edward Hsieh, Former Chairman of Economics Department, California State
University at Los Angeles,
“Taiwan and US Stock Market and Investments”
Dr. Cindy Hsing Fang, Chairman of Department of Finance and Law,
California State University at Los Angeles
“Strengthening Taiwan Investment in the United States through Strategic Alliance of Small and Medium Enterprises”Dr. Wuu-Long Lin, Former Chief of Enterprise Management Studies, United
Nations, New York
Discussant: Dr. Kwang-Wen Chu, Emeritus Professor of Economics, California State University, Fullerton ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11:00-11.15 a.m. Coffee Break 11:15 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Technological Session Chair: Chuching Wang, Ph. D., Senior Engineer/Project Manager, Metropolitan Walter District of Southern California
Co-Chair: William W-G. Yeh, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
“Science and Technology Cooperation: A Key to Strengthen Taiwan-US Relations and Mutual Benefits for Sci-Tech Advancement and Economic Development and Beyond”
Dr. Kuan-Hsiu Hsiao, Director, Science and Technology Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
“ Pending “
Chuching Wang, Ph. D., Senior Engineer/Project Manager, Metropolitan Walter District of Southern California
“ Pending “
Dr. C. Chu, Professor of College of Engineering, California State University at Los Angeles
Discussant: Dr. William W-G. Yeh, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
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12:30-1:45 p.m. Lunch
Keynote Speech “ How Understanding Taiwan's Domestic Politics Helps Improve U.S.-Taiwan Relations: Beyond the Arms Sales Controversy"
Dr. Vincent Wang, Chairman of Political Science Department, Richmond University, Virginia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:45-2:00 p.m. Coffee Break
2:00-3:30 p.m. Political Session Chair: George P. Chen, Ph. D., Professor of Political Science Emeritus, August State University, Georgia
Co-Chair: Shia-ling Liu, Ph. D., Professor of Political Science Emeritus, North Carolina State University at Fayetteville
“Three International Actor’s Two Level Games: Interactive Issues of Trade Related Policies among China, Taiwan and U.S.” Charles Ching-Hsien Chen, Ph.D. Student of Politics Policy and Economics of Claremont Graduate University “Domestic Politics and the Alliance Dilemma in U.S.-Taiwan Relations” Dr. Yuan-kang Wang, Assistant Professor of Department of Political Sciences, Northern Illinois University “ Taiwan Straits and U.S. Policies”
Dr. Shia-ling Liu, Professor of Political Science Emeritus, North Carolina State University at Fayetteville
Discussant:Dr. Tsung Chi, Professor of Department of Politics, Occidental College in Los Angeles
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3:30-3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 p.m. Social Session
Chair: Wen-hui Tsai, Ph. D., Visiting Chair Professor, National Chen-kung University
Co-Chair: Allen Huang, Ph. D., President, the University of the West, Los Angeles
“Journey with Art from Taiwan to America: Enhancing Cultural Understanding via Painting”
Phylis Lan Lin, Presidential International Ambassador, University of Indianapolis
“United States and Taiwan Relations/People to People Relation Via Sister Cities”Marina Wang, MBA, City Treasurer, City of San Marino
“People to People Contacts as a Bridge to Improve U.S.-Taiwan Relations: A quantitative presentation”
Dr.Wen-hui Tsai, Visiting Chair Professor, National Chen-kung University and
Dr. Walter Kiang, Head, Out of Home Care Development & State Hearings, Los Angeles County & Founder, School of Social Work, Tunghai University
Discussant: Dr. Cathy Wei, Professor, Pasadena City College ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, October 29th
Site Visit Program
9:00 a.m. Meet at Pacific Palms Conference Resort
9:30-11:30 a.m. Site visit and roundtable discussions with scholars at the Keck Center for International & Strategic Studies of the Claremont Mckenna College
12-1:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30-4:30 p.m. Site visit and roundtable discussions with scholars at the Occidental College at LA
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