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SUMMARY:Challenges and Opportunities in US-Taiwan Relations
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a discussion with: \nBi-Khim Hsiao\, Representative of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the United States \nTom Christensen\, Professor of International and Public Affairs\, Columbia University \nThe newly appointed Representative of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the United States\, Bi-khim Hsiao will discuss the challenges and opportunities in US-Taiwan relations with Professor Tom Christensen. \nAbout the Speaker: Representative Bi-khim Hsiao assumed her position as Taiwan’s Representative to the United States in July 2020\, after serving as a Senior Adviser to the President at the National Security Council of Taiwan. \nRepresentative Hsiao previously served four terms in the Taiwan Legislature\, representing overseas citizens for the first term\, and then the constituents of Taipei City and Hualien County through different terms. For many years she was ranking member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and previously the chair of the USA Caucus in the Legislative Yuan. \nShe began her political career serving as Director of the Democratic Progressive Party International Affairs Department. After Taiwan’s first democratic change of government in 2000\, she became an Adviser in the Office of the President\, and was international spokesperson for all DPP presidential elections between 2000 and 2012. \nRepresentative Hsiao has taken on numerous leadership roles in international organizations. She was the Chair of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD)\, an organization representing Asian democratic political parties. Between 2005 and 2012\, she was elected Vice President on the Bureau of Liberal International (LI)\, a London-based global political party organization. \nShe is also a founding Board Member of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. \nBorn in Kobe\, Japan\, Representative Hsiao grew up in Tainan\, a city in southern Taiwan. She has an MA in Political Science from Columbia University in New York and BA in East Asian Studies from Oberlin College\, Ohio. \nThe event will be streamed live on WEAI’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/WeatherheadEastAsianInstitute/live \nYou are welcome to submit questions for the speakers in advance to Athina Fontenot\, af3018@columbia.edu. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute\, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York and the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program at Columbia University.\nEvent Contact Information:\nAthina Fontenot\n212-854-6916\naf3018@columbia.edu\n
URL:https://ealac.columbia.edu/event/challenges-and-opportunities-in-us-taiwan-relations/
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