On October 15, 1990, the Honorable K.T. Li inaugurated the Center’s first K.T. Li Lecture, with a talk entitled “Policy Formulation in a Dynamic Economy: The Experience of the ROC in Taiwan,” which reviewed the transformation of an agricultural society under Japanese colonial administration to the independent, highly industrialized modern economy that characterized contemporary Taiwan. A three-time Minister in the government of the Republic of China, from 1965-1988, K.T. Li was widely regarded as the key figure in the Taiwan economic “miracle.”

First
October 15, 1990
The Honorable K.T. Li
“Policy Formulation in a Dynamic Economy: The Experience of the ROC in Taiwan.”

Second
November 20, 1991
The Honorable Fredrick F. Chien
“Economic Growth, Political Reform and the Republic of China’s Evolving Global Role”

Third
November 2, 1992
Ambassador Kyung-won Kim
“Korea and the Future of East Asia”

Fourth
October 13, 1993
Dr. Goh Keng Swee
“What Causes Fast Economic Growth?”

Fifth
November 16, 1994
Mr. Gordon Y.S. Wu
“Wake Up America! Asian Boom and U.S. Stagnation”