AFR to Co-host a Panel on Competition & Coexistence b/w Two Sides of Taiwan Strait in Int'l Society

In collaboration with National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)'s Department of Political Science,the Association of Foreign Relations (AFR) will co-host a panel on “Competition and Co-existence Between Two Sides of Taiwan Strait in International Society,” tobe held in Room D401, 1F, North Wing of College of Social Sciences Buildings, Li-Hsing Campus,NCKU on May 3, 2016.

 Keynote address is to be delivered by Hsin-Chih Chen (陳欣之), Director of NCKU Department ofPolitical Science, while speakers for the panel will be Benjamin Liang (梁英斌), Board Director ofAFR and President of the Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, Francias Lee (李宗儒),member of AFR and former Ambassador to Gambia, Australia, South Korea and Greece, andChih-Chieh Chou (周志杰), Professor of NCKU’s Department of Political Science. 

Date/Time: May 3 (Tue.), 2016, 10:00 – 12:00 amVenue: Room D401, 1F, Li-Hsing Campus, North Wing of College of Social Sciences Buildings,National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)Organizers: Association of Foreign Relations and NCKU Department of Political Science

 

 

Speakers: 
Ambassador Benjamin Liang (梁英斌)
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  • Board Director of Association of Foreign Relations
  • President, Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, MOFA
  • Director General, MOFA’s Southwestern Taiwan Office & Department of Treaty and Legal Affairs
  • Secretary General, Coordination Council for North American Affairs & MOFA
  • Ambassador, Taipei Mission in Seoul, Korea
  • Ambassador, Taipei Economic and Cultural office in Hanoi, Viet Nam
  • Deputy & Assistant Director General, Department of International Organizations, MOFA
  • Consul General, Taipei Economic and Cultural office in Melbourne, Australia
  • Editor and Translator, International News Department, China Times & Central News Agency

      * MOFA = Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)


Ambassador Francias Lee (李宗儒)
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  • Ambassador to Gambia 
  • ​Ambassador, Taipei Mission in Seoul, Korea 
  • Ambassador, Taipei Representative Office in Greece
  • Ambassador, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia
  • Representative to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, U.S.
  • Director General, Department of European Affairs, MOFA
  • Director General, Department of African Affairs, MOFA

      * MOFA = Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)


Dr. Chih-Chieh Chou (周志杰)

Professor, Department of Political Science & Graduate Institute of Political Economy, NCKU  Arbitrator, Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei Chair, Committee on Taiwan-China Dialogue, Chinese Association for Human Rights Adjunct Lecturer, State University of New York at Geneseo, Fredonia and Buffalo