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May 2024
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The Pernicious Impact of China’s Anti-Secession Law
The Pernicious Impact of China’s Anti-Secession Law
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May 15, 2024
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Chen Shui-bian, then president of Taiwan, participates in a rally to protest against the Anti-Secession Law on March 26, 2005, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Andrew Wong/Getty Images)
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May 2024
Past Event
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»ªÌå»á’s China Center and United Microelectronics Corporation founder Robert Tsao will host a conference with experts and policymakers to analyze the People’s Republic of China’s 2005 anti-secession law. The law poses a grave threat to global stability, commerce, free and democratic institutions, and, most of all, Taiwan’s right to self-determination. The conference will promote an international awareness of the law’s far-reaching significance and pernicious impact.
The conference will feature Seventieth Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), former Director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) Political Division Vincent Chao, and more.
Agenda
8:00 a.m. � 9:00 a.m. | Registration
8:40 a.m. � 8:45 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
- John P. Walters, President and CEO, »ªÌå»á
8:45 a.m. � 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks
- Mike Pompeo, Distinguished Fellow, »ªÌå»á and Seventieth US Secretary of State
9:00 a.m. � 10:00 a.m. | The Anti-Secession Law and Its Impact on Taiwan and Regional and Global Peace
- Sen. Tom Cotton, United States Senator, Arkansas
- Robert Tsao, Founder, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, United States Senator, Tennessee
10:00 a.m. � 11:30 a.m. | Panel: The Anti-Secession Law’s Legal Ground and Illegality
- Yu-Jie Chen, Assistant Research Professor, Law Institute of Academia Sinica, Taiwan and Nonresident Affiliated Scholar, US-Asia Law Institute, New York University School of Law
- Margaret Lewis, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Seton Hall University
- Donald Clarke, Professor of Law and David A. Weaver Research Professor, George Washington University
Moderator
- Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director of the China Center, »ªÌå»á
11:30 a.m. � 12:00 p.m. | Lunch
12:00 p.m. � 12:30 p.m. | An Australian Perspective: A Conversation with Hon. Scott Morrison
- Scott Morrison, Thirtieth Prime Minister of Australia
Moderator
- Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director of the China Center, »ªÌå»á
12:30 p.m. � 2:00 p.m. | Panel: Securing Peace in the Indo-Pacific—How to Counter China’s Anti-Secession Law
- Vincent Chao, Taipei City Council
- Heino Klinck, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, East Asia
- Bonny Lin, Director, China Power Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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- Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director of the China Center, »ªÌå»á
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