Prof. Kuen Chen Fu, Dean of Xiamen University's South China Sea Institute, will attend touring seminars on South China Sea issues in the U.S.

On March 4-8, 2016, Professor Kuen-Chen Fu, Dean of Xiamen University's South China Sea Institute, will attend touring seminars on South China Sea issues in the U.S. He has also specially invited Professor Cui-Bo Yang to join him.

Introduction to the touring seminars on South China Sea issues

Seminar I: South China Sea: Conflict Or Cooperation?

Time: 10:00am, Friday, March 4, 2016

Place: Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (ASC) 207

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States

Hosted by: USC U.S.-China Institute and U.S.-China Forum

Seminar II: Symposium on South China Sea Conflicts:

Roots of Disputes and Measures to Mitigate Them

Time: 2:00 am, Saturday, March 5, 2016

Place: 2121 W. Mission Rd., Alhambra, CA 91803 侨报一楼会议厅

Hosted by: University of Southern California, U.S.-China Forum and Association for Peaceful Unification

Seminar III: Current Conflicts in South China Sea History, Law and Disputes

Time: 2:00-5:00 PM, Sunday, March 6, 2016

Place: CAPA, One Fulton Square, 133-42 39th Ave, Suite 257, Flushing, NY

Hosted by: Center for Asia Pacific Affairs, U.S.-China Forum and New York Association for the Peaceful Reunification of China

Speeches: 1. The U Curve Dash Line: Its History and Legal Basis

By Prof. Kuen-Chen Fu

2. Legal Analysis of the Dash Line on the South China Sea

By Prof. Cui-Bo Yang

Seminar IV: Current Conflicts in South China Sea History, Law and Disputes

Time: 6:30-9:00 PM, Monday, March 7, 2016

Place: New York University Campus Room KC406, 60 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012

Hosted by: Center for Asia Pacific Affairs, U.S.-China Forum and New York Association for the Peaceful Reunification of China

Speeches: 1. The U Curve Dash Line: Its History and Legal Basis

By Prof. Kuen-Chen Fu

2. Legal Analysis of the Dash Line on the South China Sea

By Prof. Cui-Bo Yang

Seminar V: Current South China Sea Issues and International Law

Time: 6:00-9:00PM, Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Place: 12015 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, Maryland, United States

Hosted by: Cross-Strait Forum of Washington DC

Introduction to Professor Fu & Professor Yang

Prof. Kuen-Chen Fu

Prof. Fu is Dean of Xiamen University's South China Sea Institute. He is among the scholars recruited through China's "Thousand Talents" program. Fu was educated at National Taiwan University and the University of Virginia and is a leading scholar of maritime law. He previously taught at National Taiwan University and other universities in Taiwan and Hong Kong and served as a member of Taiwan's legislature. He has written and edited dozens of books in English and Chinese. The first of these, published in 1981, focused on SCS resources and the most recent of which have looked at topics including cross-strait commercial law, the Cairo Declaration and Sino-Japanese ties, and U.S. Coast Guard maritime enforcement practices. Fu is the editor-in-Chief of China Oceans Law Review and the South China Sea Bulletin.

Prof. Cui-Bo Yang

Prof. Yang is a professor of law at Sichuan University where he also directs the university’s International Policy and Legal Research Center. Yang’s research focuses on international law, comparative law, and environmental law. His monographs include several on Nansha Islands (Spratly Islands) sovereignty and resource issues as well as work on energy and environmental law and South Asian constitutional law. In 2007, Yang received a Pakistan Presidential Award for his contributions to enhancing relations between Pakistan and China. He oversaw the development of the legal platform for the “2011” Collaborative Innovation Research Center for South China Sea Studies.