AACS 52nd Annual Conference Program

 

Friday, October 15

 

Registration     3:00-6:00 PM                          Hawthorne Inn

Reception        6:00-6:30 PM                          Sycamore Ballroom I, Hawthorne Inn.

 

Welcome remarks by Jill Tiefenthaler, Provost, Wake Forest University

 

Buffet Dinner 6:30-8:00 PM                          Sycamore Ballroom I, Hawthorne Inn

 

Saturday, October 16

 

AACS Board Meeting 7:00-8:00 AM                        Poplar I, Hawthorne Inn

 

Shuttle service from Hawthorne Inn to campus (Greene Hall, WFU)     7:00 am to 8:30 am.

 

Session 1: 9:00-10:30

 

I.A. Roundtable: One Hundred Years of Female Academics in China:

      Chinese-Heritage Pioneer Female Professors                           (Greene 311)

·         Chia-lin Pao Tao, University of Arizona

·         Bernadette Yu-ning Li, St. John’s University

·         Catherine Yiyu Chuo Woo, San Diego State University

·         Phylis Lan Lin, University of Indianapolis

·         Wei-hong Lin, National Taiwan University

·         Ya-chen Chen, Clark University

 

I.B. Stability and Change in the Ma Ying-jeou Era                                               (Greene 313)

 

Chair and Discussant: Richard Chu, Rochester Institute of Technology

Presenters:

·         Yu-long Ling, Franklin College, “Cross Strait Relations under Ma’s Administration and the Prospect of a Peaceful Settlement”

·         Tom Bellows, University of Texas, San Antonio, University of Texas, San Antonio, “Political Developments in Taiwan Since the 2008 Elections”

·         Yeong-kuang Ger, National Taiwan University, “The political development and challenges that face Ma’s Administration in recent years”

 

I.C. China’s Economy today: Forecasting and Investing                                      (Greene 308)

 

Chair: Abraham Lin, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Discussants:

·         Monica Yang, Adelphi University

·         Abraham Lin, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

·         Li-Hua Lee, National Chengchi University

 

Presenters:

·         Haitao Liang, Citi Corp. Group and City University of New York “The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: a Country- Level Study”

·         Monica Yang, Adelphi University “Outward Foreign Direct Investment Strategies by Firms from Emergent Markets: Literature Review”

·         H.J. Abraham Lin, Brooklyn College, City University of New York,“After the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): the Integration of the Banking Industry between Taiwan and China”

 

 

I.D. Ritual and Practice, Ancient and Modern                                                      (Greene 320)

 

Chair: Shelley Rigger, Davidson College

Presenters:

·         Ying Qin, University of Wisconsin, “The Purple Lady and Blessings of Fertility”

·         Hun Lye, Davidson College, “From Ghost to Guanyin – Transformations of Guanyin as Seen from Ghost-feeding Pudu Ritual-texts”

 

Session 2: 10:45-12:15

 

II.A. Roundtable: Ten Years of Madness?  Frontiers of Research and Teaching on the Chinese Cultural Revolution                                                              (Greene 308)

 

Chair:  Dongping Han, Warren Wilson College

Presenters:

 

II.B. Science and Technology in a Rising China                                                    (Greene 320)

 

Chair and Discussant: Chien-Pin Li, Kennesaw State University

Discussant: Jenn-hwan Wang, National Chengchi University

Presenters:

·         Stephen Uhalley, University of San Francisco, “China-U.S. Space Rivalry Update”

·         Daniel Palm, Azusa Pacific University, “Struggling Over Googling: Chinese National Interest, Political Ideology, and the 2010 Google Dispute”

·         Iain Bolton, University of North Carolina Charlotte, “To Defend all Under Heaven: The Military Space Programs of China and the United States”

 

II.C. Cross-Cultural and Cross-Literary Encounters:

From Li Ang to Political Prison Narratives                                                (Greene 311)

 

Chair and Discussant: Chia-lin Pao Tao, University of Arizona

Presenters:

·         Ya-chen Chen, Clark University, “Looking at Li Ang from Japan: Interview with Dr. Fuji Shozo”

·         Yenna Wu, University of California Riverside, “Li Ang’s Aesthetics of Violence”

·         Murray Rubinstein, Baruch College, “Li Ang's Matrix”

 

II.D. Teaching and Learning in the Global Village                                              (Greene 313)

 

Chair: Linda H. Chiang, Azusa Pacific University

Discussant: Walter Kiang

Presenters:

 

 

Lunch Program: 12:15-1:40

 

Boxed lunch (Annenberg Auditorium Lobby)

 

U.S.-Taiwan Relations: A Dialogue, with Richard Bush, Brookings Institution, former Chairman of American Institute in Taiwan and Su Chi, former head of Taiwan’s National Security Council

Moderated by Shelley Rigger, Davidson College

(Annenberg Auditorium, Carswell Hall, Room 111)

 

Welcome remarks by Dr. J. Kline Harrison, Associate Provost for International Affairs, Wake Forest University.

 

Session 3: 1:45-3:15

 

III.A. Roundtable: Constructing and Re-constructing Modernity:

A Century of Changing Chinese Urban Landscapes, 1911-2010             (Greene 320)

 

Chair: Kathy Smith, Wake Forest University

Presenters:

 

III.B. Taiwan’s Economy in the Wake of the Great Recession                            (Greene 308)

 

Chair & Discussant: John Fuh-sheng Hsieh, University of South Carolina

Presenters:

·         Cal Clark, Auburn University and Alex Tan, “Taiwan’s Increasingly Boxed-in Economy”

·         Scott Lin, Rutgers University, “Transformation of Taiwan from Sovereign-Centric to Structural Competition”

·         Elizabeth Freund Larus, Mary Washington University, “Taiwan’s Reaction to the Global Financial Crisis”

 

III.C. Financial and Trade Policy in Taiwan and the PRC                                  (Greene 311)

 

Chair: Peter C. Y. Chow, The City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York

Discussant: Abraham Lin, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

                     Haitao Liang, Citi Group Corp. and the City University of New York

Presenters:

·         Peter C. Y. Chow, The City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York ,” Asymmetric Financial Development and Global Imbalances: A Lucus’ Paradox between the U.S. and China”

·         Li-Hua Lee, National Chengchi University, “A Study of the Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy in Taiwan”

·         Honigmann (Tsai-Lung) Hong, National Tsing Hua University “The Rhetoric, Reality and Implications of ECFA”

·         In Tae Yoo, University of South Carolina, “Chinese foreign trade policy for regional stability: Focusing on the recent preferential trade agreements”

 

III.D. Nationalism and Identity                                                                                (Greene 313)

 

Chair and Discussant: Vincent Wang, University of Richmond

Presenters:

·         Joe X. Chen, Ingrid Li and Muriel Hampton, University of South Carolina,
“The Imagined Community: The Changing Image of the ‘Chinese Nation’ across the Taiwan Strait”        

·         Soon Keun Oh and Roger Chi-feng Liu, University of South Carolina, “A Tale of Two Enduring Rival Dyads: How do China-Taiwan and Inter-Korean Rivalries Influence Each Other”

·         Joel Fetzer, Pepperdine University, and Brandon Millan, "Economics, Ethnicity, and Immigration Attitudes in Singapore"

 

III.E. Interdisciplinary and Sino-Western Engagements in Literature through

Alchemy, Buddhism, and Narratology                                           (Greene 321)

 

Chair: Ya-chen Chen, Clark University

Discussant: Yenna Wu, University of California Riverside

Presenters:

·         Angela Chung, University of California, Riverside, “How to Refine and Purify a Monkey Created by Stone: The Role of Chinese External Alchemy in the Journey to the West”

·         Stephanie Fousek, University of California, Riverside, “Surveying and Calculating Introspective Turns: The Story of the Stone and The Castle from a Narratological Perspective”

·         Wenling Tung, University of California, Riverside, “The Interpretation of Dreams and Illusions in The Story of the Stone from the Perspective of Buddhist Philosophy”

 

Session 4: 3:30-5:00

 

IV.A. Art, Commerce and Culture: Creating the Chinese Consumer                 (Greene 320)

 

Chair: Shelley Rigger, Davidson College

Discussant: Michael Lord, Wake Forest University

Presenters:

 

IV.B. The Devil in the Details: Making Cross-Strait Relations Work                  (Greene 308)

 

Chair & Discussant: Vincent Wang, University of Richmond

Presenters:

·         Wen-Yang Chang, Claremont Graduate School, “Domestic institutional similarity and dispute duration: an application to the cross-strait relations, 1970—2007”

·         Deborah A. Brown, Seton Hall University, and Tun-Jen Cheng, College of William and Mary, “Christian Relations across the Taiwan Strait: Symmetry or Asymmetry with Buddhist and Taoist Cross-Strait Interaction?

·         Kevin G. Cai, University of Waterloo, “Cross-Taiwan Straits Relations: A Challenge for Beijing and Taipei

 

IV.C. New Perspectives on China’s Environmental Problems                             (Greene 311)

 

Chair: Jerry McBeath

Presenters:

·         Jerry McBeath, University of Alaska Fairbanks and Bo Wang, University of International Business & Economics, Beijing, “Confucianism as an environmental ethic?”

·         Changzheng Dai, School of International Relations, University of International Business & Economics, “Environmental problems in China’s urbanization process”

·         Bo Wang, Global Institute of Low-carbon Economy, School of International Relations and Institute of Global Low-carbon Economy, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, “Prospects for change in China’s climate change policy”

·         Yi-Jen Shih, National Chengchi University, “Climate Change and Environmental Politics in China”

 

Saturday Evening Banquet: 6:00 pm, Szechuan Palace

Shuttle bus, 5:00 pm, from Greene Hall, WFU, to the restaurant, “Szechuan Palace”(鍾家園) (3040 Healy Drive Winston Salem, NC 27103-1432, 336-768-7123)

 

Keynote Speaker: Li Ang, author and literary critic, “Writing Sex and Politics”

 

Sunday, October 17

 

AJCS Editorial Board meeting: 7:15 AM,                          Bayberry Bistro, Hawthorne Inn

 

Shuttle Bus, 7:15-8:10 am, Hawthorn Inn to WFU campus                                 (Greene Hall)

 

Session 5: 8:30-10:00 am

 

V.A. Trade-FDI, and China’s Economic Globalization                                        (Greene 308)

 

Chair : Abraham Lin, Brooklyn College, CUNY

Discussants:

·         Peter C.Y. Chow, The City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York

·         Abraham Lin, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Presenters:    

·         Zhenqing Zhang, University of Minnesota, “Explaining China's (Non)compliance with International Intellectual Property Rights Regime: The Case of Copyright”

·         Nerisa Chan Siu Feng, Newcastle University, “The role of business association in the transformation of China”

·         Jenn-hwan Wang, National Chengchi University and Ching-jung Tsai, National Chengchi University, “How Does China Restructure Global Production Networks?”

·         Ingrid Y. Li, "Credible Problem and Property Rights: Evidence from China"

 

V.B. Electoral Politics in Taiwan’s Maturing Democracy                                     (Greene 311)

 

Chair and Discussant: Tom Bellows, University of Texas, San Antonio

Presenters:

·         Howard B. Sanborn IV & Allison J. Hamilton, Virginia Military Institute, “Democracy at Work: Political Participation in Taiwan” 

·         Hans Stockton, St. Thomas University, “Taiwan’s Electoral Reform in Light of the Post-2008 LY By-elections”

 

V.C. China’s Foreign Policy: Near Neighbors                                                       (Greene 313)

           

Chair: June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami

Presenters:

·         Jihyun Kim, University of South Carolina, “China and the Nuclear Rogue: Beijing’s Negotiating Behavior toward Iran and North Korea Affiliation: University of South Carolina”

·         Charles Chong-han Wu, University of South Carolina, “A Study of Conflict Escalation between Democratic and Non-Democratic Dyads-How does China Solve Military Disputes with Its Democratic Neighbors?”

·         June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami, “Sino-Japanese relations in the Post-Koizumi Era

 

V.D. Chinese Workers, American Employers                                                        (Greene 320)

 

Chair: Dorothea Martin, Appalachian State University

Presenters:

 

·         Dorothea Martin, Appalachian State University, “Crimps, Coolies and Captains – Recruitment and Transport of Chinese Indentured Laborers 1843-1874

·         Joel Fetzer, Pepperdine University, “An Annotated Translation of Chinese Letters from the Ah Louis Family of San Luis Obispo, California

 

 

Shuttle Bus, 10:00 am, WFU campus (Greene Hall) to Hawthorn Inn 

 

***Three free shuttle bus trips from Hawthorne Inn to the Piedmont Airport on Oct. 17, Sunday: 8:30 am, 11:00 am, and 1:00 pm.

About the AACS

The American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS), founded in 1959, is the only academic society in America devoted exclusively to the general area of Chinese studies. The purpose of the Association is to:

 

1)   Encourage the study of subjects related to China, especially in American educational institutions;

2)   Advance such study and teaching through the exchange of information and scholarship across disciplinary lines;

3)   Promote understanding and communication between Western and Eastern scholars involved in Chinese studies.

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Professor Peter C.Y. Chow
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