Taipei symposium weights perceptions vs. realities of China

This article was written by Cecilia Fanchiang and published by the Taiwan Journal on January 2, 2004. It features an international conference recently held in Taipei, which was titled "The Rise of China Revisited: Perception and Reality". The conference brought together experts and academics from Taiwan, Japan and the United States to discuss current development of cross-strait relations.

The conference was organized by the Institute of International Relations at the National Chengchi University. Topics discussed include the political, economic and military development of China, how it has impacted on regional evolution and security, and the roles played by Japan and the United States in cross-strait and multilateral interactions. This article provides a summary of various important speeches given at the conference.