IPSAS held the International Conference on “Below the Storm: 60 Years of Cross-Strait Connections.Thank you for your participation. IPSAS held The International Conference on “Below the Storm: 60 Years of Cross-Strait Connections” jointly with Institute of East Asian Studies at University of California, Berkeley, on February 5-6, 2010 in Academia Sinica. The Conference invited leading scholars in social sciences and humanities from the United States, Taiwan, and mainland China to explore the dynamic changes in cross-Strait relations.    Activities On January 21, IPSAS lecture series will present "Overhang Seats and Strategic Voting in MMP" by Prof. Nathan F. Batto, IPSAS Assistant Research Fellow. On January 14, IPSAS lecture series will present "Moderate Voters, Extreme Voters and Party Primaries" by Prof. Michael M. Ting, Associate Professor, Columbia University. On January 7, IPSAS lecture series will present "Property-Owning Socialism in a New State-Society Relationship: Housing Reform in Urban China" by Dr. Yousun Chung, IPSAS Postdoctoral Fellow.    Announcements The IPSAS seeks to appoint full-time faculty members. To receive full consideration, the complete application should be received by January 30, 2010. Constitutional Reform: Background, Operation, and Impact. Edited by Chung-li Wu and Yu-shan Wu. Taipei: Wu Nan Publisher, 2006. New Publication by IPSAS: The Transmutation of the CCP Party-State. The Preparatory Office of Political Science at Academic Sinica signed an MOU with the Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science UC Berkeley.