MR. YASUHIRO MATSUDA

Senior Research Fellow, The National Institute for Defense Studies, Tokyo

(Currently a Visiting Fellow at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu)

Mr. Matsuda is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies. He specializes in Politics in China and Taiwan/PRC‑Taiwan Relations. He concurrently holds the post of staff official, Office of Strategic Studies, Defense Policy Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, Japanese Defense Agency. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Matsuda was the Consulate‑General of Japan, Hong Kong. He holds a B.A. (Literature) from Reitaku University, Chiba‑ken, an M.A. (International Studies) fro Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and a Ph.D. Candidate (Law), Keio University, Tokyo. His major publications include "The 'Reconstruction' of the Kuomintang: the Leader, the party, and the Government" (1994) Gapanese); "Policy‑Making Process of the Land Reform in Taiwan: The Role of Technocrats" (1995) Gapanese); "China's Taiwan Policy: the 'Liberation' Period" (1996) Gapanese); "China's Taiwan Policy, 1979‑1987" (1996) Gapanese); "PRC's Taiwan Policy: the Making of Jiang Zemin's Eight‑Point Proposal" (1997) Gapanese); "Sino‑Taiuwanese Relationship" (1998) Gapanese); and, "The Kuomintang's Control over Taiwan's Local Political Society in the Early 1950s" (1999) Gapanese). Mr. Matsuda is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu.