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Rowan Callick OBE (Industry Fellow at Griffith University’s Asia Institute)

Rowan Callick OBE

Industry Fellow at Griffith University’s Asia Institute

Rowan Callick was China Correspondent for both The Australian Financial Review and The Australian, and is vice chair of the Australia Taiwan Business Council, an expert associate at the National Security College, and is an advisory board member of the National Foundation for Australia China Relations, La Trobe Asia, and the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at Melbourne University.

Dr. Mark Harrison

Dr. Mark Harrison

Widely viewed as Australia’s leading academic expert on contemporary Taiwan. Formerly a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster in London, he is now senior lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Tasmania, a founding fellow of the Australian Centre on China in the World and an expert associate at the National Security College, both at the Australian National University.

Douglas Hsu (Head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia)

Douglas Hsu

Head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia

Canberra-based Senior Representative of Taiwan in Australia. Following two degrees at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Douglas Hsu undertook further studies at Oxford and Harvard universities. As a career diplomat, he has been Director General of Taiwan’s Department of North American Affairs, and headed Taiwan’s office in Boston, USA.

Kai-Ping Huang (Associate Professor of Political Science at National Taiwan University)

Kai-Ping Huang

Associate Professor of Political Science at National Taiwan University

Kai-Ping’s research interests include party systems, formal institutions, and democratization focusing on East and Southeast Asia. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Democracy, Comparative Politics, Journal of Contemporary China, Social Indicators Research, and several edited volumes.

Dr. Chun-yi Lee (Director of the Taiwan Studies Program at Nottingham University, UK)

Dr. Chun-yi Lee

Director of the Taiwan Studies Program at Nottingham University, UK

She was born in Taiwan, where she obtained her first degree at Fu-Jen Catholic University. Her doctorate is from Nottingham, where she is also associate professor at the school of politics and international relations. Her books include “Taiwanese Business or Chinese Security Asset?” (Routledge).