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Atlanta, GA | Posted: November 28, 2016
Rebecca Keane
Director of Communications
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Summary Sentence:
Dalton Lin, an assistant professor in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, gave a talk at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies on November 3, 2016.
Full Summary:
Dalton Lin, an assistant professor in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, gave a talk at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies on November 3, 2016.
Dalton LinDalton Lin, an assistant professor in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, gave a talk at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies on November 3, 2016.
Lin’s talk, which was entitled “The Tsai Ing-wen Presidency at Six Months: The Current State and Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations,” was given as part of the Taiwan studies workshop “Taiwan in Transition? Initial Impressions of the Tsai Ing-wen Administration.”
During his talk, Lin argued that the current state and the most likely short-term scenario in Taiwan’s cross-strait relations is a dynamic cold peace. He said President Tsai of Taiwan has no domestic political needs to provoke China, and he cited surveys showing that Tsai's cross-strait policy of maintaining the status-quo is embraced by Taiwan's median voters. He concluded by asserting that what Tsai needs to do is to avoid making mistakes that might give China excuses to use coercion.
