Invitation Letter to the International Academic Conference on “Value Renewal and Path Finding for China’s Pro-Democracy Movement”
On behalf of the New School for Democracy and the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (the Joint Alliance), we would like to express our sincere best wishes and invitation.
The Tiananmen Incident with its immense global impact is now approaching its thirtieth anniversary. As the Chinese authorities have listed the event as a taboo for open discussion, its complete true picture has not been fully made known. This Conference intends to call upon the international community to engage in serious study to consider China’s political developments and deliberate on the approaches of its pro-democracy movement under the present challenging circumstances, so as to gather momentum for the sustainable global development of democracy.
Thus, on the eve of the Tiananmen Incident’s thirtieth anniversary, the New School for Democracy and the Joint Alliance will hold an international academic conference on “Value Renewal and Path Finding for China’s Pro-democracy Movement” in Taipei on May 18-20, 2019.
The main themes of the Conference are as follows:
- Review: the truth and controversies regarding the Tiananmen Pro-democracy movement and its suppression;
- Examination: the developments of China’s pro-democracy movement since 1989;
- Impact: the perspectives of Taiwan, Hong Kong and the international community;
- The Future: China’s pro-democracy movement looking ahead.
The organizers respectfully invite you to participate in the conference and engage in its exchange of views.
We hope to have your favourable response soon.
In addition, the New School for Democracy and the Joint Alliance will organize a launch ceremony for the conference in Hong Kong on May 12, 2019. If you cannot come to the Taipei conference, you are respectfully invited to the Hong Kong ceremony.
Any queries or replies to our invitation may be sent to the Organising Committee (email: contact@ns4d.org).
Our very best wishes!
Organising Committee
Venue :
Center for Condensed Matter Sciences (CCMS) in National Taiwan University (NTU)
Address:
No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
MTR Information:
“Exit 3, Gongguan Station" or “Exit 2, Taipower Building Station", on MRT Xindian Line (about 15 min. walk)
Bus Information:
52、109、207、253、280、284、290、311、505、530、Songjiang Xinsheng Metro Bus、643、668、671、675、676、907、0-Nan、Brown 11、Green 11、Dunhua Metro Bus ── “NTU Sports Center" (about 5 min. walk)
Agenda of the Conference, May 18-20, 2019
Online streaming by Radio Taiwan International
| Time | Event |
| Day 1 | May 18, 2019 (Saturday) |
| 09:00–09:30 | 【 Press Conference 】 Moderator | CHENG Yu-shek, Joseph Honorary President, New School for Democracy Speaker | WANG Dan Tiananmen student leader; Founder/Director, China Dialogue Speaker | HO Chun-yan, Albert Chairperson, Hong Kong Alliance Speaker | TSENG Chien-yuan Chair of the Board, New School for Democracy |
| 09:30–09:40 | Break |
| 09:40–10:20 | 【 Opening Ceremony 】 Moderator | CHENG Yu-shek, Joseph Former Chair Professor of Political Science, City University of Hong Kong; Honorary President, New School for Democracy Keynote Address: Thirty Years after Tiananmen: The PRC as an Emerging Global Threat to Freedom Speaker | Larry DIAMOND Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Political Science, Stanford University |
| 10:20–10:30 | Tea Break |
| 10:30–12:30 | 【 Session 1: Key Facts About the June Fourth Massacre 】 Moderator | HU Yuan-hui Professor, Department of Communication, National Chung Cheng University Research on the Truth of the June Fourth Massacre Presenter | WU Ren-hua June Fourth Massacre witness and researcher The June Fourth Tiananmen Incident I Experienced Presenter | LI Xiao-ming Former officer of the Martial Law troops; Secretary General, Overseas ChineseDemocracy Coalition (Australia) The 1989 Pro-Democracy Protests Beyond Beijing: A View from Changsha Presenter | Andrea WORDEN William S. Reinsch Practitioner-Instructor, East Asian Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University Discussant | FANG Zheng Tiananmen student leader; Chairperson, Chinese Democracy Education Foundation Discussant | CHING Cheong Former reporter of Hong Kong Wen Wei Po; Current affairs commentator |
| 12:00–13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30–15:30 | 【 Session2: State-Society Interaction in the 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement 】 Moderator | FAN Yun Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University; Ambassador at Large The Tiananmen Military Coup D’état of 1989: Assumptions, Evidences, and Analyses Presenter | WU Guo-guang Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria Discussant | WU Jieh-min Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica April 27th, 1989: The Day the Chinese People Stood up Presenter | Jean-Philippe BEJA Emeritus Senior Researcher at CNRS and CERI-Sciences-Po, Paris Discussant | WANG Dan Tiananmen student leader; Founder/Director, China Dialogue |
| 15:30–15:40 | Tea Break |
| 15:40–17:40 | 【 Session3: Global Impact of the June Fourth Massacre 】 Moderator | LAI Chen-chang President, Taiwan Association of University Professors The Impact of June Fourth Incident to Democratization in Taiwan Presenter | TSENG Chien-yuan Doctor of Laws, Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University Discussant | Cary S. HUNG Chairperson, Asia Democracy Foundation Post-Tiananmen Political Change in China and Russia: Different Means to Similar Ends Presenter 1 |WONG Ka Ho, Frank Research Assistant, Department of Social Sciences, Education University of Hong Kong Presenter 2 | LAW Kam Yee Associate professor, Department of Social Sciences, Education University of Hong Kong Discussant | WEI Bai-ku Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Russian Studies, National Cheng Chi University Tiananmen Protests and Some Lessons for Democratization in Vietnam Presenter | Anonymous scholar Discussant | TRINH Huu Long Co-Editor, Legal Initiatives for Vietnam |
| 18:30–20:30 | Banquet (invited guests only) |
| DAY 2 | May 19, 2019 (Sunday) |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00–10:20 | 【 Session 4: Cultural Perspectives of the 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement 】 Moderator | YAN Jiann-fa Vice-President of Taiwan Foundation for Democracy China’s Second New Culture Movement: Envisioning China’s Transformation from the 30th Anniversary of June Fourth Incident and the 100th Anniversary of the May Fourth Movement (video) Presenter | YAN Jia-Qi Founding Chairperson, Federation for a Democratic China; former Director, Institute of Political Science, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Liu Xiao-bo and the Spirit of May Fourth Movement Presenter | CUI Wei-ping Independent scholar Discussant | DAN Jau-wei Professor, Department of Education, University of Taipei Citizen Publications During the 1989 Prodemocracy Movement: Momentum for China’s Change Presenter | SHAO Jiang Tiananmen student leader; Visiting scholar, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster Discussant | Örkesh Dölet (Wu’erkaixi) Honorary Director, Reporters Sans Frontieres |
| 10:20–10:30 | Tea Break |
| 10:30–12:30 | 【 Session 5: Lessons from the 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement 】 Moderator | CHAO Chien-Min Dean, College of Social Sciences, Chinese Culture University Retrospect and Prospect of the Thirtieth Anniversary of June Fourth Massacre: Memories, Responsibilities and Hope Presenter | HO Chun-yan, Albert Chairperson, Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Discussant | KU Chung-hua Retired professor, Department of Sociology, National Cheng Chi University June 4, 1989: A Founding Non-Event, A Breaking Point in Time and Space Presenter | Michel BONNIN Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris Discussant | XIA Ye-liang Former Professor of Economics, Peking University Looking Back and Reflection: New Findings Presenter | FENG Con-de Tiananmen student leader; Founder, Sun Yat-sen School Discussant | ZHOU Feng-suo Tiananmen student leader; Chairperson, Humanitarian China |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00–16:00 | 【 Session 6: Post-Tiananmen Developments and Prospect of Pro-Democracy Movement in China, Part I 】 Moderator | WANG Dan Tiananmen student leader; Founder/Director, China Dialogue The Post -Tiananmen CCP Leadership and the Cold War II Presenter | FENG Chong-yi Associate Professor in Chinese Studies, University of Technology Sydney Discussant | FAN Shih-Ping Professor, Graduate Institute of Political Science, National Taiwan Normal University Assessing China’s Situation and Challenges Presenter | CHENG Yu-shek, Joseph Former Chair Professor of Political Science, City University of Hong Kong; Honorary President, New School for Democracy Discussant | WANG Jun-tao Tiananmen activist; Convener of the Council, China Dialogue China after the Tiananmen of 1989: The Discursive Formation of “The Sinicization of everything” Presenter | WONG Wai-kwok, Benson Ph.D., Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong Discussant | LIU Rui-shao Former director of Hong Kong Wen Wei Po office in Beijing; current affairs commentator |
| 16:00–16:10 | Tea Break |
| 16:10–18:10 | 【 Session 7: Post-Tiananmen Developments and Prospect for Pro-Democracy Movement in China, Part II 】 Moderator | Mab HUANG Chair Professor of Liberal Arts, Soochow University Liu Xiaobo and the Citizens Rights Movement: A New Face for China’s Democracy Movement in 2003 Presenter 1 | CUI Wei-ping Independent scholar Presenter 2 | Perry LINK Chancellorial Chair Professor, University of California at Riverside Discussant | WANG Chao-hua Tiananmen student leader; Freelance essayist and researcher From 1989 to “1984”: Tiananmen Massacre and the Making of China’s High-tech Totalitarianism Presenter | TENG Biao Researcher, Institute for China’s Democratic Transition Discussant | CHEN Li-fu Assistant professor, Department of Digital and Humanity, Aletheia University Crossing the Line: Tiananmen Shock and its Aftermath in the 1990s Presenter 1 | CHOW Yong Kang, Alex Ph.D. student, Geography, University of California, Berkeley Presenter 2 | SHIH I-lun Graduate student, Institute of Sociology, National Tsin Hua University Discussant | Beatrice LEUNG Visiting Research Fellow, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages |
| 18:30–20:30 | Banquet (invited guests only) |
| DAY 3 | May 20, 2019 (Sunday) |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00–10:40 | 【 Round Table 1: Overseas Democracy Movement and the Prospects for Democracy in China 】 Moderator | TSOI Yiu Cheong, Richard Vice-Chairperson, Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Panelists | WANG Min, China Democracy Party SHENG Xue, writer Cheuk KWAN, Former chairperson, Toronto Association for Democracy in China Anonymous Activists from Spain |
| 10:40–10:50 | Tea Break |
| 10:50–12:30 | 【 Round Table 2: Political Challenges to Hong Kong and the Prospects for Democracy in China 】 Moderator | CHOW Hang Tung Vice-Chairperson, Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Panelists | LAU Wai-hing (Emily), Democracy Party (HK) Prof. CHAN Ching-kiu (Stephen), Civic Party (HK) Kwok Wing-kin (Steven), Labour Party (HK) LUK Yiu-Man (Raymond), Neo Democrats (HK) Gloria FUNG, Chairperson, Canada-Hong Kong Link |
| 12:30–12:35 | Break |
| 12:35–12:50 | 【Closing Ceremony】 Moderator | TO Kwan-hang President, New School for Democracy Speaker | HO Chun-yan, Albert Chairperson, Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Speaker | TSENG Chien-yuan Chair of the Board, New School for Democracy |
