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Ask the Branch Chief Episode #7 [Video]

What are your favourite travel destinations in the U.S. and Taiwan? In this video, AIT/K Branch Chief Matt O'Connor shares some of his favorite tourism spots in both Taiwan and the U.S. Please leave your suggestions below on good places Matt might visit in southern Taiwan!

By Kaohsiung Branch Office | 18 October, 2018 | Topics: Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Branch Chief, News, Video | Tags: AIT Kaohsiung Branch Chief Matt O’Connor

Remarks by Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Busby at the Opening of GCTF Workshop

At a time of democratic backsliding and human rights abuses elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan serves as an invaluable model to others. And given the challenges we all face, it is especially important that democracies like Taiwan and the United States stand together in promoting a brighter future, free of repression, censorship, and exploitation. ...

By AIT - Taipei Main Office | 18 October, 2018 | Topics: News, Speeches | Tags: 2018 Official Texts, Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF)

Remarks by AIT Director Brent Christensen at the Opening of GCTF Workshop

The United States is grappling with the spread of disinformation, particularly as foreign actors seek to use social media to interfere in our elections, divide the American public, and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions. Taiwan is also on the frontlines, and we all have much to learn from Taiwan about how to marshal our ...

By AIT - Taipei Main Office | 18 October, 2018 | Topics: Director, News, Speeches | Tags: 2018 Official Texts, AIT Director William Brent Christensen, Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF)

Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Busby to Visit Taiwan October 16-21

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scott Busby is visiting Taiwan from October 16-21, 2018. This is Mr. Busby's first trip to Taiwan. His visit will include remarks at an international workshop on Defending Democracy through Media Literacy, which will be held October 18-19 under the auspices of the U.S.-Taiwan Global Cooperation Training Framework.” | PR-1835E ...

By AIT - Taipei Main Office | 17 October, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: 2018 Press Releases