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On the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY POMPEO June 3, 2019 On the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square On June 4, we honor the heroic protest movement of the Chinese people that ended on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese Communist Party leadership sent tanks into Tiananmen Square to violently repress peaceful demonstrations calling for democracy, human rights, and ...

By huskeyj | 4 June, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Michael R. Pompeo

AIT Celebrates Technology & Digital Economy Month in June

PR-1922 June 3, 2019 As part of our yearlong campaign celebrating forty years of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and cooperation, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is pleased to name June AIT@40 Technology & Digital Economy Month. Each month of 2019 will feature a different theme, highlighting the multifaceted nature of the growing U.S.-Taiwan partnership. In honor ...

By www-ait | 3 June, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases

Remarks by Suzanne Lawrence, the Special Advisor for Children’s Issues at the IPCA Joint Commission Press Conference

Parental child abduction occurs all over the world. Acknowledging this, AIT and TECRO further invested in our friendship by creating safeguards to protect our communities from international parental child abductions. | OT-1932 | May 31, 2019

By AIT - Taipei Main Office | 31 May, 2019 | Topics: News, Speeches | Tags: 2019 Official Texts

Remarks by AIT Director W. Brent Christensenat the IPCA Joint Commission Press Conference

I am very pleased to introduce the Special Advisor for Children’s Issues, Suzanne Lawrence, and the Taiwan Minister for Health and Welfare, Chen Shih-Chung. They have just concluded the first U.S.-Taiwan joint commission meeting to discuss International Parental Child Abduction. This meeting was the first product of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between AIT and ...

By AIT - Taipei Main Office | 31 May, 2019 | Topics: News, Speeches | Tags: 2019 Official Texts, AIT Director William Brent Christensen