East Asia Council (Canadian Asian Studies Association) Workshop

Globalization, Regional Security, and the New Economies in East Asia

(Preliminary Programme)

March 1-2, 2002

Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary

March 1, 2002 (Friday)   8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Welcome - Stephen Randall, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences

9:30-12:30 am Moderator: Jan Walls (Simon Fraser University)

1. Yuen Pau Woo (Asian Pacific Foundation of Canada ) TBA

2. Shuh-Kuen Chen (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office) TBA

3. Bernard Frolic (York University) TBA

4. Daniel Lai (University of Calgary)

Socio-cultural Implications of Globalization to China

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch

2:00-3:45 pm Moderator: Yuen Pau Woo (APFC)

5. Claude-Yves Charron (UQAM)

Challenges Facing Japan’s Comprehensive PDA Package to Address the Digital Divide

6. Jim Nickel (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) TBA

7. Ken Matheson (Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank of Canada)TBA

3:45 - 4:15 pm Coffee Break

4:15-6:00 pm Moderator: Yu Zhou(Vassar College)

8. Gregory Chin (CIDA) TBA

9. Wenran Jiang (University of Alberta) TBA

10. Kevin Cai (University of Calgary)

Toward An Analytical Framework for Understanding Economic Regioonalism – Explaining

The Soft/Open Regionalism in East Asia

6:00-7:30 pm Reception

8:00 pm Workshop Banquet - Harbour City Restaurant, Chinatown, Calgary

March 2, 2002 (Saturday)

9:00 am Continental Breakfast

9:30-12: 30 pm Moderator: Seong Sook Yim (University of Montreal)

11. David Capie (University of British Columbia)

States, Sovereignty, and Small Arms: A Preliminary Research Agenda for Northeast Asia

12. Yu Zhou (Vassar College)

Between the State and Multinationals: Chinese high-tech firms in Zhongguancun, Beijing

13. Robert Bedeski (University of Victoria)

China, Information Technology, and the Challenges of Globalization and the New Economy

14. Philip Chang (University of Calgary) TBA

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch

2:00-3:15 pm Moderator: Claude-Yves Charron (QUAM)

15. Naubahar Sharif (Cornell)

Can Hong Kong Hold its ownAgainst Shanghai? An Analysis Using the National

Innovation Systems (NIS) Perspective

16. Kimie Hara (University of Calgary)

China's Ocean Frontiers and Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific: A historical Perspective

17. Satoshi Ikeda (University of Alberta)

Globalization and the Second Phase of East Asian Miracle

3:15 - 3:45 pm Coffee Break

3:45-5:30 pm Moderator: Bernard Frolic (York University)

17. Lloyd Sciban (University of Calgary)

China Mobile: A Bellwether for Market Formation

18. Ron Keith (University of Calgary)

Globalization and the Clarification of Property Rights in the PRC

19. Scott Simon (Carlton University)

Ethnic Identity and Identity Politics in Taiwan: Competing Localities in a Globalizing

World

5:30 pm Closing Remarks – Josephine Smart, President, East Asia Council-CASA

6:00 pm Post Workshop Dinner