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Civil Society in Taiwan and Hong Kong: Looking back and Reaching out

Conference, June 7–8, 2015

The Nottingham Taiwan Studies Programme & The Department of Chinese Studies, University of Zürich Roundtable on Taiwan and Hong Kong

Convenors

Prof. Dr. Andrea Riemenschnitter, Prof. Dr. Steve Tsang, Dr. Simona Grano, Dr. Chun-Yi Lee, lic. phil. Brigit Knüsel, Dr. Natalia Lisenkova, M. Phil. Helena Wu

Cooperation

Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies – Chinese Studies, The China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham, and URPP Asia and Europe

Location

University of Zurich, Room SOC 1-106, Rämistrasse 69, 8001 Zürich

Description

The two-days conference will focus on reviewing the progress in the development of civil society in Taiwan and Hong Kong, its achievements and shortfalls, as well as directions for future development, including the prospect of Taiwanese and Hong Kong civil society reaching out to Mainland China. As an interdisciplinary forum it aims at generating robust and wide-ranging discussion among experts and informed individuals.

Weiterführende Informationen

Report in the “Asia & Europe Bulletin” 5/2016

Financial Support

The international workshop is supported by the NCCR Democracy, the Graduate Campus, the Association of the Non-Professorial Academic Staff of the University of Zürich, the Stiftung Mercator Schweiz, and the Zürcher Universitätsverein.

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Panel Discussion

As part of the international conference, a panel discussion on “Zivilgesellschaft in Taiwan und Hongkong: Interaktionen mit der Volksrepublik China” will be held on Monday, June 8, 2015, 17:00–18:00.