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SUMMARY:Film Screening — Invisible Nation\, followed by Q&A with Director Vanessa Hope
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Vanessa Hope\, DirectorDiscussant: Ya-Wen Lei\, Professor\, Department of Sociology\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nInvisible Nation follows the story of Taiwan’s first female president\, Tsai Ing-wen\, and explores themes of resilience\, identity\, and freedom\, while shedding light on Taiwan’s complex history and its ongoing struggle in the international society. The 90-minute documentary will be followed by a discussion featuring Director Vanessa Hope and Prof. Ya-Wen Lei. \n\n\n\nRegister Here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-screening-invisible-nation-followed-by-qa-with-director-vanessa-hope/
LOCATION:Hall C\, Science Center\, 1 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Taiwan
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Workshop featuring Peter Dutton — What is the Legal Status of Taiwan and Why Does it Matter?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Peter Dutton\, Senior Research Fellow\, Paul Tsai China Center; Professor Emeritus\, U.S. Naval War College \n\n\n\nDiscussants: Alastair Iain Johnston\, Professor\, Government Department\, Harvard UniversityWilliam P. Alford\, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law; Director\, East Asian Legal Studies Program; Chair\, Harvard Law School Project on Disability\, Harvard Law School \n\n\n\nTaiwan’s political status often dominates headlines. Yet its legal status — the foundation of U.S. policy — remains underdiscussed. At this event\, Paul Tsai China Center Senior Fellow Dr. Peter Dutton will trace Taiwan’s territorial status from the Qing Dynasty to the present day\, shedding light on the legal principles and historical developments that define its position in the world.  \n\n\n\nPeter Dutton is a senior research fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. Before coming to Yale\, Dutton served the U.S. Navy for more than 40 years in active duty and civilian capacities. He has advised a series of Pacific Fleet Commanders\, Secretaries of Defense\, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\, and other government offices on policies in the Asia-Pacific region and testified before the Senate and the House on a variety of China-related issues. He was also a professor of international law and China studies at the U.S. Naval War College\, where he directed the China Maritime Studies Institute and served as dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-workshop-featuring-peter-dutton-what-is-the-legal-status-of-taiwan-and-why-does-it-matter/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S153\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Workshop featuring Thung-Hong Lin — Stormy Seas: Taiwan’s Democratic Resilience under China’s Sharp Power
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Thung-Hong Lin\, Research Fellow\, Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan.  \n\n\n\nHow can a small democracy resist the influence of a powerful authoritarian neighbor? Taiwan is often praised for its successful economic development and peaceful democratic transition\, yet it faces substantial challenges from both internal political divisions and external geopolitical pressures. Taiwan’s political landscape is shaped by several major cleavages\, including national identity\, economic inequality and class conflict\, and generational and cultural differences. The greatest challenge to Taiwan’s democracy comes from China\, which has sought to exploit these cleavages through economic leverage\, propaganda\, and political interference. Under the pressure of Beijing’s sharp power\, Taiwan’s democracy has repeatedly faced threats of regression. Yet each time these pressures escalate\, Taiwan’s civil society has mobilized in response\, playing a crucial role in defending democratic institutions. Drawing on case studies such as the 2014 Sunflower Movement\, the 2019 wave of solidarity with Hong Kong protests\, and recent civic mobilizations in 2024\, this talk highlights how Taiwan’s vibrant civil society has become a key source of democratic resilience. \n\n\n\nThe talk is based on Lin’s forthcoming book\, Stormy Seas: Taiwan Under the Shadow of China in the 21st Century (Stanford University Press\, forthcoming September 2026)\, which situates Taiwan’s democratic resilience within the broader trajectory of U.S.–China relations and global geopolitics over the past half century. \n\n\n\nThung-Hong Lin is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan. He studies inequality\, political economy\, disasters\, and Taiwan’s democracy\, and was a 2023–24 Stanford–Taiwan Social Science Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) and a Fulbright Fellow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-workshop-featuring-thung-hong-lin-stormy-seas-taiwans-democratic-resilience-under-chinas-sharp-power/
LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Studies Workshop featuring Eyck Freymann — Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Eyck Freymann\, Hoover Fellow\, Stanford University \n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT’S START TIME HAS CHANGED TO 4PMTaiwan is where the uneasy peace between the United States and China will be tested–and possibly broken. Beijing believes that “reunification” is inevitable. American military strength has preserved peace and stability for decades\, but its advantages are eroding. Beijing has found critical gaps in U.S. strategy and is working to squeeze\, isolate\, and coerce Taiwan into submission without firing a shot. If deterrence fails\, the consequences of a Taiwan crisis would be catastrophic–plunging the global economy into chaos\, shattering U.S. alliances\, and allowing China to dominate the region and reshape the world order. \n\n\n\nIn Defending Taiwan\, Eyck Freymann presents the first integrated strategy to deter war with China and preserve an honorable peace. Drawing on untranslated Chinese sources\, cutting-edge military and economic analysis\, and deep historical research\, Freymann argues that Washington’s deterrence strategy must extend beyond conventional military power and familiar threats of mutually assured destruction. America must work with allies to develop a bold new vision of technological and economic statecraft–and a plan to secure its interests if deterrence fails. Freymann examines China’s full range of strategic options. The United States can deter them all. But to do so\, it must integrate its military strength\, economic leverage\, technological leadership\, and diplomatic influence into a single\, coherent plan to prevent war. \n\n\n\nEyck Freymann is a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University\, where he directs the Allied Coordination Working Group. He is also a Non-Resident Research Fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy\, the Institute of Geoeconomics in Tokyo\, and the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. He works on strategies to preserve peace and protect U.S. interests and values in an era of systemic competition with China. He is the author of several books\, including Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China (Oxford\, 2026)\, The Arsenal of Democracy: Technology\, Industry\, and Deterrence in an Age of Hard Choices (Hoover\, 2025)\, and One Belt One Road: Chinese Power Meets the World (Harvard\, 2021).  \n\n\n\nThis event is part of Harvard Worldwide Week \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/taiwan-studies-workshop-featuring-eyck-freymann-defending-taiwan-a-strategy-to-prevent-war-with-china/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S050\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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