First of all, I would like to thank current members for your continuous support and participation in the past. If your are not already a CGOTS member, you are missing out on the several advantages that our members enjoy. Membership does have its privilege and benefits. As a CGOTS active member, you will enjoy the fellowship and intellectual stimulation of your peers. You will have the opportunity to present papers in the APSA panels. These CGOTS panels have served as a significant forum of meaningful dialogues between Taiwan studies specialists in the US and their counterparts in Taiwan. In other words, one primary goal of CGOTS is to help your professional network and professional enrichment.

The CGOTS panels also attempt to focus on various themes every year to attract audiences from various fields, such as voting behavior and election, democratic transition, China studies, international security, and others. This is exactly the professional environment we wish to nurture by crossing over the sub-disciplinary boundaries not only to compare notes with others for mutual learning, but also for the integration of our knowledge.

Last, but not least, do not forget your membership privilege by sending your painstaking research findings to Emerson Niou (niou@acpub.duke.edu), Duke University, for the consideration for publication in Taiwan Studies Working Paper Series. This is an important avenue for scholarly exchanges for our understanding of rapid changes in Taiwan.

If you should have any questions regarding CGOTS, please feel free to contact me. I am looking forward to working with you in the coming two years.

Sincerely,

Wei-chin Lee
Coordinator of CGOTS

The CGOTS Membership Dues are $20.00 (NT$600) for two years. Student members are exempted from paying membership fee. Please print this form, make your check payable to Wake Forest University CGOTS, and send them to:

Wei-chin Lee, Department of Politics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

If you prefer to pay in NT$600 dollars, please send your application form and payment to:

I Yuan, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, 64 Wan-Shou Road, Mucha, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Your biography will be included in the directory. Please write down your research interests, major publications, and others.

Officers of CGOTS (1997-99): Wei-chin Lee, Wake Forest University, Coordinator; Shelley Rigger, Davidson College, Assistant Coordinator (US); Yuan I, Institute of International Relations, Assistant Coordinator (Taiwan)

Family name/Surname (English): ________________________ Given Name (English) __________________________

Name in Chinese: ___________________________________ Male / Female: _______

Phone: ____________________              Fax: _______________________             E-mail: ________________________

Title/Position: ___________________________________________________

Affiliation: _____________________________________________________

Highest degree received, place, year: _____________________________________________________

Mailing Address: Office/Home (please circle one)

CGOTS membership dues…………………………………………………………..$______________

Brief Biography (please type on the back of this page and limit to 200 words)