NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Taiwan

这一行动资助了科罗拉多大学的Ian Rowen于2012年夏天在台湾台北的中央研究院开展了一项名为“中国游客在台湾：旅游与国家领土”的研究项目。主持研究的科学家是萧万长和张茂贵。这项研究的学术价值在于它有助于了解两岸关系的新发展，由于美国与台湾和中国的战略关系，两岸关系具有重大的地缘政治意义。考察中国大陆在台湾的旅游也揭示了中国出境旅游市场快速发展的政治和文化影响。中国出境旅游市场很快将成为世界上最大的市场，预计到2019年，每年将有超过1亿人次的海外游客。这个项目的理论框架将旅游业带入了关于国家领土和空间实践的更广泛的辩论中。此外，该项目的理论框架将旅游研究与关于国家权力和空间实践的更广泛的地理辩论联系在一起。EAPSI奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍各自所在地的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及了解社会、文化和语言。这些活动符合NSF的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期为国际合作进行教育，从而确保拥有一支具有全球意识的美国科学队伍。

This action funds Ian Rowen of the University of Colorado to conduct a research project, entitled "Chinese Tourists in Taiwan: Tourism and State Territoriality," during the summer of 2012 at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. The host scientists are Michael Hsiao and Mau-Kuei Chang.The Intellectual Merit of the research project is its contribution to understanding of new developments in cross-Strait relations, which are of major geopolitical importance due to the US' strategic relationships with Taiwan and China. Examining Chinese tourism in Taiwan also sheds light on the political and cultural implications of the rapid development of China's outbound tourist market, soon to be the world's largest, with over 100 million annual visits overseas projected by 2019. This project's theoretical framework brings tourism into broader debates about state territory and spatial practice. Additionally, this project's theoretical framework relates tourism studies to broader geographical debates about state power and spatial practice. Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.