Preliminary Program 4/12/2020 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE STUDIES Annual Conference Program, October 2-4, 2020, Denver, Colorado, USA Hosted by the University of Denver Local Coordinator: Sam Zhao, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver ----------------------------------------------- Friday, October 2, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm AACS Welcome Reception Hotel: Courtyard by Marriott/Cherry Creek, 1475 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, Colorado ------------------------------------------------ Saturday October 3, 6:45 am—7:50 am, AACS board meeting Conference site: Courtyard by Marriott/Cherry Creek, 1475 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, Colorado ------------------------------------------------------ Saturday October 3, 8:00 am--9:30 am Panel 1: Religion and History in Reflection Chair: Edward McCord, George Washington University, email: [email protected] Church and State in Qing-Era Taiwan Joel S. Fetzer, Pepperdine University, email: [email protected] J. Chrisopher Soper, Pepperdine University, email: [email protected] Transnational Solidarity in Sino-Iranian Relations, 1905-1959 William Figueroa, University of Pennsylvania, email: [email protected] How Did a Newspaper Lead a Revolution? The Role of People’s Daily in the Drama Reform Revolution during the 1950s in China Bo Jiang, University of Washington, email: [email protected] Discussant: Edward McCord, George Washington University, email: [email protected] -------------------------------- Panel 2: (De)-Centering Thresholds Chair: Yenna Wu, University of California, Riverside, [email protected] Arguing ‘Orthodoxy’: Heaven, History, and Heterodoxy in Chinese Christian Responses to the Nanjing Anti-Christian Movement of 1616-1617 Ryan Pino, Harvard University, email: [email protected] Delineating Limitless Desire in Chinese Literature Kevin Wilson, University of California, Riverside, email: [email protected] Unwelcome Guests: Characters and Spaces in Ming-Qing Fiction Vlad Sirbu, University of California, Riverside, email: [email protected] Discussants: Hilary A. Smith, University of Denver, email: [email protected] Yenna Wu, University of California, Riverside, email: [email protected] -------------------- Panel 3: The China Factor Chair: Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of St. Thomas, email: [email protected] The U.S. and the Tsai Administration’s China Policy Post-2020 Dean Chen, Ramapo College of New Jersey, email: [email protected] New “Scramble for Africa”? The Economic Competition between China and Japan in Africa Kuan-Wu Chen, University of South Carolina, email: [email protected] How the Cost of Strategies Affects the Reaction on State Repression? Using ROC and PRC as Cases Shu-An Tsai, University at Buffalo, SUNY, email: [email protected] The Effects of Chinese Aid Projects on Public Opinion in Recipient Countries Jou-Fei Huang, University at Buffalo, SUNY, email: [email protected] Elena Mclean, University at Buffalo, SUNY, email: [email protected] Discussant: Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of St. Thomas, email: [email protected] ------------------------- Panel 4: The Changing Taiwanese Society and Cultural in the Past Century since 1920 Chair: Jasmine Chen at Utah State University. E-mail address at: [email protected]. One-century colonial education by Japan and the KMT Party State, 1898-1996: A Comparative Study and Reflections on the Problems of National Identity of Taiwanese Wanyou Chou, National Taiwan University, email: [email protected] An Origin of Cultural Theatre of Taiwan Cultural Association, Japanese Shimpa in Taiwan during the 1910s to the mid-1920s Kang Ying-Chen, Fu Kong University, email: [email protected] Changes and Continuities of Women’s Status in Taiwan, 1920-2020 Doris T. Chang, Wichita State University, email: [email protected] Taiwan’s Century-long Cultural War: The Impact of the Taiwanese Cultural Association Fang-long Shih, Londonh School of Economics and Political Science, email: [email protected] Discussant: Evelyn Shih, University of Colorado, email: [email protected] ----------------- Coffee break ----------------- Saturday October 3, 9:40 am-11:10 am Panel 5: Crossing Boundaries in Hua-Cheng Huang’s Manifesto, Ai Xiaoming’s Jiabiangou Elegy, and Jon Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians Chair: Yenna Wu, University of California, Riverside, email: [email protected] Manifesto as Art Form—Hua-Cheng Huang’s the Ecole de Great Taipei (1966) Wan-Ling Chiang, University of California, Riverside, email: [email protected] Mourning for the Dead, Demanding Accountability from the Living: Ai Xiaoming’s Jiabiangou Elegy Yenna Wu, University of California, Riverside, email: [email protected] Crazy Rich Asians: An East-West Encounter Jamie Qian Liu, University of California, Riverside, email: [email protected] Discussant: Ping Qiu, University of Denver, email: [email protected]. ------------------ Panel 6: Taiwan's Economic Strategy in Reflection Chair: Frank S.T. Hsiao, University of Colorado, [email protected] From South Forward to New Southbound Frank S.T. Hsiao, University of Colorado, email: [email protected] Taiwan’s Path of Industrialization: From Follower to Innovator Peter C.Y. Chow, City University of New York, email: [email protected] The Choice of Monetary Systems and the Roles of Banking in Taiwan: 1894-2020 and After Abraham Hong Jen Lin, Brooklyn College of CUNY, email: [email protected] Discussant: Huangnan Shen, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, email: [email protected] --------------------- Panel 7: Legal and Policy Studies on Taiwan Chair: Fang-Yu Chen, Michigan State University, email: [email protected] Legal Profession as a Revolving Door: Explaining Activist Lawyers’ Careers in Politics and Social Movements Ching-fang Hsu, University of Toronto, email: [email protected] The Legislative Careers and Intergovernmental Grants: Evidence from Taiwan Municipalities Yen-Chieh Liao, University of Essex, email: [email protected] Evaluation of Open Government Data Portal at local level: The comparison between Taiwan and United States Hao-En Kao, Northeastern University, email: [email protected] Discussant: Fang-Yu Chen, Michigan State University, email: [email protected] ----------------------------- Panel 8: China's Foreign Policy Chair: Elizabeth Freund Larus, University of Mary Washington, email: [email protected] China and the Philippines in the South China Sea Chunjuan Nancy Wei, University of Bridgeport, email: [email protected] The Belt and Road Initiative in Central and Eastern Europe Elizabeth Freund Larus, University of Mary Washington, email: [email protected] How to Correctly Understand “The Belt and Road” Initiative of China? Chen Yongjun, Renmin University of China, email: [email protected] China's Use of BRI to Act as a Big Power. Cheng Hsi Ku, Denver University, email: [email protected] Discussant: TBA --------------------- Coffee break --------------------- Saturday October 3, 11:20 am-12:50 pm Panel 9: How Vulnerable is China in the Global Supply Chain? Chair: Chien-pin Li, Kennesaw State University, email: [email protected] U.S.-China Decoupling and Global Supply Chain Realignment Frank Tian Xie, University of South Carolina, Aiken, email: [email protected] The Vulnerability of the Global Supply Chain and Industrial Alliance for U.S.-Taiwan Partnership Peter Chow, The City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, email: [email protected], Decoupling China before Trade War: Transfer Pricing Investigation and Its Consequence Yung-Hsing Guo, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, email: [email protected], China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Implications for Global Supply Chain Chien-pin Li, Kennesaw State University, email:[email protected], Discussant: Tun-Jen Cheng, College of William & Mary, email: [email protected] --------------- Panel 10: Public Opinion and Political Polarization in Taiwan Chair: Charles K.S. Wu, Purdue University, email: [email protected] How the Pro-Beijing Media Influence Voter Behavior and Opinion: A Field Experiment during Taiwan’s 2020 General Election Jay Chieh Kao, University of Texas at Austin, email: [email protected] The Effect of Polarization over Identity Politics on Taiwanese Opinions of Democracy Kai-Wen Tung, Stanford University, email: [email protected] All are Not Equal: Taiwanese Public Opinion on Southeast Asian Immigration Timothy S. Rich, Western Kentucky University, email: [email protected] Madelynn Einhorn, Western Kentucky University, email: [email protected] Unpacking the Foundation of Affective Polarization in Taiwan Cho-Han Hsiung, Georgetown University, email: [email protected] Discussant: Charles K.S. Wu, Purdue University, email: [email protected]; Yu-Ceng Liao, University of Houston, email: [email protected] ----------------- Panel 11: All Dance Together: Labor, Firms, and Governments Chair: Tse-Kang Leng, Academia Sinica, email: [email protected] Transnational Linkages and China’s Policy Efforts to Cultivate a Long-Term Care Labor Force Baozhen Luo, Western Washington University, email: [email protected] The Sanctioned Chinese Firms’ Lobbying in the United States Yi-hao Su, Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan, email: [email protected] The Virtual Mating Dance between Business and Politics: What Chinese Internet Companies Mean for European Democracies Astrid Pepermans, Free University Brussels, email: [email protected] Understanding Ancestral Worship of Thai-Chinese Clan Associations