Event Schedule Saturday, September 8, 2007 Gambrell Hall, room 429 PANELS 9:00-9:15 Introduction and Welcome Gordon Smith, Director, Walker Institute for International and Area Studies, USC Tan Ye, Director, Center for Asian Studies, USC Karl Gerth, Conference Program Director, Center for Asian Studies, USC 9:15-9:45 Keynote Speech David Wei Feng Huang, Deputy Representative, Taipei Economic and Cutural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) 9:45-10:00 Morning Coffee Break 10:00-11:45 Panel 1: The Experiences of Tai-shang in Mainland China Chair: John Hsieh, University of South Carolina Moderator: Thomas Gold, University of California-Berkeley Panel of Invited Taiwanese Business Leaders Now Based in the United States: Joe Tu, Chairman, Atlanta Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce and Sueling Wang, Commissioner, Overseas Taiwanese Compatriot Affairs & CEO, Color Image Inc. 12:00-1:30 Lunch Break 1:30-3:00 Panel 2: Tai-Shang and Economic and Cultural Connections Chair: Katherine Barbieri, University of South Carolina PAPER 1: Shelley Rigger, Davidson College and Toy Reid, Rand Corporation, “Taiwanese Investors in Mainland China: Creating A Context for Peace?” PAPER 2: Lin Ping, Oxford University, "Did They Mix? Taiwanese People in China" PAPER 3: Elana Chipman, Harvard University, “Tai-Shang and the Creation of Cultural Connections Across the Strait” Discussants: Marc Moskowitz, University of South Carolina Murray Rubinstein, CUNY 3:00-3:30 Afternoon Coffee Break and Informal Discussions 3:30-5:00 Panel 3: Hollowing Out or Helping?: Debating the Impact of Tai-shang on Economic Development Chair: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, USC Moore School of Business Moderator: Douglas Woodward, University of South Carolina Panelists: (Background papers distributed in advance) Cal Clark, Auburn University Susan Walcott, UNC-Greensboro Douglas Fuller, American University Wei-chin Lee, Wake Forest University

Conference Participants   Barbieri, Katherine. University of South Carolina Chang, Chung-Jen. Director, TECO, Atlanta Cheng, Robin. Senior Consular Officer, TECO, Altanta Chen, Sean Furman University Chipman, Elana. Harvard University Chow, Muse. University of South Carolina Chow, Peter. University of South Carolina Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro. University of South Carolina Clark, Cal. Auburn University Clark, Janet. University of West Georgia Fuller, Douglas. American University Gerth, Karl. University of South Carolina Gold, Thomas. University of California, Berkeley Hang, Krista. University of South Carolina Hill, Michael. University of South Carolina Hsieh, John. University of South Carolina Hu, Xiaobo. Clemson University Huang, Chin-Tser. University of South Carolina Huang, David Wei Feng. Deputy Representative, TECRO Kinzley, W. Dean. University of South Carolina Klein, James R. Hilton Head Island, SC Ko, Lin. Richland County Pubic Library, SC Lee, Wei-chin. Wake Forest University Moskowitz, Marc. University of South Carolina Ping Lin. National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Puchala, Donald. University of South Carolina Reid, Toy. Rand Corporation Rigger, Shelley. Davidson College Rubinstein, Murray. Baruch College, CUNY Smith, Gordon. University of South Carolina Tso, Londi. Liaison Officer, TECO, Atlanta Tu, Joe. Chairman, Atlanta Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce Un, Annique. University of South Carolina Walcott, Susan. UNC- Greensboro Wei, Ran. University of South Carolina Wang, Sueling. Commissioner, Overseas Taiwanese Compatriot Affairs & CEO, Color Image Inc, Woodward, Douglas. University of South Carolina Wu, Rong Chuan. Director General, TECO, Atlanta Ye, Tan. University of South Carolina Dr. Karl Gerth, Conference Program Director Dr. Tan Ye, Director CONFERENCE STAFF Anna Redwine, Conference Coordinator, USC Center for Asian Studies, USC Yi-hung Chiou, USC Jihyun Kim, USC Peng Shih-hung, USC