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10:00Taiwan Politics and U.S.-China Relations

Taiwan's elections took a dramatic turn when the incumbent was wounded by gunfire before the voting, then won the election, and then faced demands for a recount. A panel talks about Taiwanese domestic politics, with a look at what impact they have on the U.S.-China relationship.

Guests

David Shambaugh, director of the China policy program at George Washington University, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and author of "Modernizing China's Military" (University of California)

Shelley Rigger, associate professor of East Asian politics at Davidson College

June Teufel Dreyer, professor and chair of the political science department at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.

11:00Rick Atkinson: "In The Company Of Soldiers" (Henry Holt)

A year ago, as US-led forces entered and conquered Saddam Hussein's Iraq, they were accompanied by "embedded" reporters. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Atkinson, who covered the 101st Airborne Division for the Washington Post, talks about his experience.

Guests

Rick Atkinson, author, "In The Company of Soldiers" (Henry Holt). He has won Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting and for his book "An Army At Dawn."

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