Fw: H-ASIA: Dawn of Modern China: The 100th Anniversary of China's 1911 Revolution and the Significance of the Republic of China, Washington, May 20, 2011 Brookings Institution

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Subject: H-ASIA: Dawn of Modern China: The 100th Anniversary of China's 1911
Revolution and the Significance of the Republic of China, Washington, May
20, 2011 Brookings Institution

> H-ASIA
> May 11, 2011
>
> Brookings Event: H-ASIA: Dawn of Modern China: The 100th Anniversary of
> China's 1911 Revolution and the Significance of the Republic of China, The
> Brookings Institution, Washington, D.c., May 20, 2011
> *************************************************************************
> From: Kevin Scott <KSCOTT@brookings.edu>
>
> Dawn of Modern China: The 100th Anniversary of China's 1911 Revolution
> and the Significance of the Republic of China
> Friday, May 20, 2011, 12:30 — 5:30 pm
> http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0520_republic_of_china.aspx
>
> The Brookings Institution,
> 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
>
> 2011 marks the centennial of China's October 1911 Revolution, a landmark
> event which ended China's imperial era and unleashed a host of changes
> upon Chinese society and the world which continue to reverberate today.
> The Republic of China (ROC) was established in the wake of the revolution
> as a new, "modern" political order, but it was soon wracked by
> warlordism, foreign invasion, and further revolution. But the ROC
> survives on the island of Taiwan and continues to play a major role in
> world affairs.
>
> On May 20, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings
> will host leading historians and analysts for a discussion of some of the
> political ramifications of the 1911 revolution; the roles that the
> Republic of China has played in the history of China and the world since
> 1911; and the significance of the Republic of China in contemporary and
> future cross-strait relations and international politics. Mary Backus
> Rankin, a leading expert on the 1911 revolution, will deliver the
> luncheon keynote address. Ambassador Jason Yuan, representative of the
> Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States,
> will deliver opening remarks prior to the beginning of the panel
> discussion.
>
> After each panel, the speakers will take audience questions. Lunch will
> be provided prior to the start of the discussion.
>
> Luncheon
> Key Themes of the 1911 Revolution
> 12:30 – 2:00 pm
> Saul-Zilkha Room
>
> Introduction and Welcome:
> Richard Bush
> Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
> The Brookings Institution
>
> Keynote Address: Key Themes of the 1911 Revolution (tentative title)
> Mary Backus Rankin
> Independent Scholar
>
> Opening Remarks
> 2:10 – 2:20 pm
> Falk Auditorium
>
> Jason Yuan
> Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the
> United States
>
>
> Panel 1 The 1911 Revolution and its Aftermath
> 2:20 – 3:50 pm
> Falk Auditorium
>
> Moderator and Discussant:
> Steven Phillips
> Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies
> Towson University
>
> "Republican China as a Republic"
> David Strand
> Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science
> Dickinson College
>
> "The Emergence of Warlordism"
> Edward McCord
> Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
> The George Washington University
>
> "Nationalism: New Conceptions of China"
> Zheng Xiaowei
> Assistant Professor of History
> University of California, Santa Barbara
>
>
> Panel 2
> The Contemporary Significance of the Republic of China
> 4:00 – 5:30 pm
> Falk Auditorium
>
> Moderator and Discussant:
> Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
> Professor of History, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
> Georgetown University
>
> "Re-Constructing the ROC on Taiwan"
> Thomas Gold
> Professor of Sociology
> University of California, Berkeley
>
> "The Soft Power of the ROC"
> Liu Fu-Kuo
> Executive Director, MacArthur Center for Security Studies
> Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University
>
> "The ROC, Cross-Strait Relations, and the United States"
> Richard Bush
> Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
> The Brookings Institution
>
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