The Center for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (CAPEC) has been in cooperation with the Cultural Division (now Education Division) of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representation Office in Washington D.C. (TECRO) to build a lasting relationship between Taiwan and George Mason University (GMU) for more than ten years. With resources supported by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan, CAPEC has developed courses focused on Taiwan, established working relationships with Taiwanese academia, created meaningful student exchanges and facilitated faculty collaborations.
To enlarge the program, prof. John N. Paden and prof. Yuen Chou Liu, co-directors of CAPEC visited NTNU in 2011 for further collaboration, and ITSC started hosting Taiwan Studies Program recipients from GMU for short-term research stay from 2011-2014 in hopes of establishing a long-term relationship between GMU and NTNU.