Seminar on China and the Global South:
Beijing’s Strategic Thinking and Its Influences  

Hosted by:  
Advanced Research Center of Humanities and Social Sciences  
Center for Contemporary China Studies  
Graduate Institute of International Politics  
National Chung-Hsing University (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan    

Sponsored by:  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC(Taiwan)  
Mainland Affairs Council, ROC(Taiwan)  
Ocean Affairs Council, ROC(Taiwan)  

Date: 16 October (Thu.), 2025  
Venue: Room 214, Social Science and Management Building, NCHU  

08:30-08:50 Registration  
09:00-09:10 Opening Remarks  
TSAI Tung-Chieh, National Chung-Hsing University    

09:10-10:30  Panel A: US-China Relations in the Trump Second-Term Era  
Moderator:  
TSAI Tung-Chieh, National Chung-Hsing University  
Discussants:  
Jay HUANG, Leiden University  
Plamen TONCHEV, Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER)  
PYO Nari, Korea National Diplomatic Academy  
Julia STRAUSS, School of Oriental and African Studies  
Matej SIMALCIK, Central European Institute of Asian Studies    

10:30-10:40 Coffee Break  

10:40-12:00  Panel B: From South-South to Global South: What’s Different?  
Moderator:  
WANG Yuan-Kang, Western Michigan University  
Discussants:  
Marcin JERZEWSKI, European Values Center 
Sabella ABIDDE, Alabama State University  
Nasir Mohamed ALI, Laas Geel Academy of International Relations  
YU Chih-Wei, Central Police University  
Fabricio FONSECA, National Cheng-Chi University    

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break    

13:00-14:20  Panel C: Competing Heartland: From Central Asia to Middle East  
Moderator:  
YANG San-Yi, National Chung-Hsing University  
Discussants:  
Cagdas UNGOR, Marmara University  
Ajay Pratap SINGH, University of Delhi  
SHIH Chien-Yu, Institute for National Defense and Security Research  
TSUI Chin-Kuei, National Cheng-Chi University  
Yavor KOSTADINOV, Ming-Chuan University    

14:20-14:30 Coffee Break    

14:30-15:50  Panel D: China-ASEAN Interaction in South China Sea  
Moderator:  
CHEN Pei-Hsiu, National Chi Nan University  
Discussants:  
SUN Kuo-Hsiang, Nan Hua University  
CHEN Yu-Cheng, National Defense University  
Sadia RAHMAN, Malaya University  
Harryanto ARYODIGUNO, President University  
Thai Hoang Hanh NGUYEN, Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages    

15:50-16:10 Coffee Break  

16:10-17:30  Panel E: China’s Sea Strategy: From Indian Ocean to South Pacific  
Moderator:  
PARK Byung-Kwang, Institute for National Security Strategy  
Discussants:  
FANG Tien-Sze, National Tsing Hua University  
CHENG Hyun-Wook, Institute of National Security Strategy  
CHANG Kai-Ming, National Taichung University of Science and Technology  
LIU Tai-Ting, National Chung-Hsing University  
Suba CHANDRAN, National Institute of Advanced Studies  

17:30-17:50  Closing Remarks