In January 2020 Taiwan will hold elections for the president and the legislature. Campaigning for the presidency has long since commenced, and the two main political parties, the KMT and DPP, have selected their candidates. Please join the Freeman Chair in China Studies on September 12th for a discussion on the election dynamics on the island. The event will feature an in-depth analysis of polling data and campaign strategies by Nathan Batto, Associate Research Fellow in the Institute of Political Science of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s premier research institution. Following Batto’s presentation, initial commentary will be given by Susan Lawrence, Specialist in Asian Affairs at the Congressional Research Service. The event, which will conclude with audience Q&A, will be moderated by Scott Kennedy, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics.
This event is funded with support from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States.[台湾将于2020年1月举行总统和立法机构选举。竞选总统职位早已开始，两个主要政党国民党和民进党选出了候选人。请于9月12日加入弗里曼中国研究主席，讨论岛上的选举动态。本次活动将以台湾首屈一指的研究机构中央研究院政治学研究所副研究员Nathan Batto为对投票数据和竞选策略进行深入分析。在Batto的演讲之后，国会研究服务局亚洲事务专家Susan Lawrence将给出初步评论。此次活动将以观众问答的形式结束，将由中国商业和经济学理事会主席斯科特肯尼迪主持。本次活动的资金来自美国台北经济文化代表处（TECRO）的支持。]
