<div><strong>30th Anniversary of Taiwan Relations Act - </strong><strong>Taiwan Studies Conference</strong><br></div>
<div>Held in Knafel Building, Room 354, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, the event takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Friday April 3. The conference is co-sponsored by Asia Programs at the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School and the Taiwan Studies Workshop of the John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University.</div>
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<div>This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). Enacted on April 10, 1979, the bill continued the commercial and cultural relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan despite the severance of formal diplomatic ties between the two sides. While the law has done much to strengthen Taiwan’s economy and democratic practices, it remains a point of contention between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China, the latter often viewing such legislation as an unnecessary intrusion of the U.S. in domestic affairs. At the same time, the law codifies a position of “strategic ambiguity” in which the U.S. takes no firm position whether to intervene on behalf of Taiwan should China jeopardize the country’s security. <br>
<br>Join us as we take a look back at the drafting and implementing of the TRA and discuss the potential implications on relations among the U.S., Taiwan, and China going forward. J. Stapleton Roy, former ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1991 to 1995, will deliver the conference keynote address at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 3.<br>
<br>Other esteemed panelists include Roger W. Sullivan, former president of the U.S.-China Business Council; Tawei Lee, representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada; Douglas H. Paal, vice president for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former director of the American Institute on Taiwan; Richard Bush, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; Thomas C. Christensen, professor of politics at Princeton University; and Robert G. Sutter, visiting professor of Asian Studies.<br>
<br>View the full conference agenda at <a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/events/taiwan.html#goldstein">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/events/taiwan.html#goldstein</a><br> <br><br> </div>