Workshop: Taiwan under Trump
02.12.2024
Europe is not the only region facing even more uncertain geopolitical times with Donald Trump's election as US president. People in the Indo-Pacific are also worried about Trump's presidency. The security of many countries there depends on the involvement of the USA too. Increasingly aggressive China in particular is calling the existing order into question. At the centre of the action: Taiwan. The de facto independent, democratically governed island republic is claimed by the communist leadership in Beijing, and China's head of state Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasised that he wants to incorporate Taiwan during his term of office.
Is Xi serious and is China now reaching for Taiwan? Will the USA remain Taiwan's protective power? How is Taiwan prepared for the change of power in Washington? What role does Trump buddy Elon Musk, who operates his largest Tesla plant in China, play? Is Taiwan's outstanding semiconductor industry, on which the whole world depends, a protective shield for the island? And what role could and should Europe play?
We want to explore these and other questions about Taiwan in a workshop (in German) and discuss them with three experienced Taiwan experts.
The workshop is primarily aimed at journalists, but is open to all interested people.
Date:
Saturday, 14 December 2024 at 5 pm
Venue:
International Alumni Center (iac Berlin)
Linienstr. 65a II
10119 Berlin
(U8 Rosenthaler Platz).
Please register by 12 December 2024 by email to: markus.wanzeck(AT)zhongde-media.net
Guests:
Claudia WESSLING, Head of Communication and Publication at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics). Her work focuses on digitalisation, the New Silk Road and Taiwan. Before joining Merics, Wessling was a journalist at AFP.
Andreas LANDWEHR, dpa's China correspondent for more than 30 years until 2022. He also reported on Taiwan in this role.
Yuli LIN, for many years Germany correspondent for Taiwan's Central News Agency in Berlin and now freelance journalist and author for a number of Taiwanese media.Moderation:
Felix LEE, Chairman of the German-Chinese Media Network and editor of the SZ dossier ‘Geo-Economics’. Previously China correspondent for the taz and other German-language media for many years.The event is presented in cooperation with the International Alumni Center (iac Berlin).
