PR-1076E | Date: 12/27/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Friday, December 31, 2010, in observance of New Year’s Day.

PR-1075E | Date: 12/20/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Friday, December 24, 2010, in observance of Christmas Day in the United States.

PR-1074E | Date: 12/08/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is pleased to announce that the grand opening ceremony for the first-ever U.S.-Taiwan Clean Energy Forum will take place at Kaohsiungs National Museum of Science Technology at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 14, 2010.

PR-1073E | Date: 12/08/2010 The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) would like to invite all U.S. Citizens who voted in the last Federal election overseas to take part in the 2010 post-election survey.

PR-1072E | Date: 12/01/2010 AIT is pleased to join the Taiwan AIDS Foundation in hosting “Light for Rights” in observance of World AIDS Day.

PR-1071E | Date: 11/26/2010 Raymond F. Burghardt, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), will arrive in Taipei on Monday, November 29, and stay until Saturday, December 4, 2010.

PR-1070E | Date: 11/19/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Thursday, November 25, 2010, in observance of Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

PR-1069E | Date: 11/18/2010 Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-at-Large of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, is scheduled to visit Taiwan November 20-23, 2010.

PR-1068E | Date: 11/12/2010 AIT American Cultural Center, the Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Taiwan’s Fulbright Office), and EducationUSA Advising Center will sponsor a series of events in the International Education Week Nov. 15-19.

PR-1067E | Date: 11/12/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan Kaohsiung Branch Office is pleased to announce that former New York Yankees Manager Carl “Stump” Merrill will visit Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County from November 16 to November 17.

PR-1066E | Date: 11/4/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Thursday, November 11, 2010, in observance of Veterans Day in the United States.

PR-1065E | Date: 10/15/2010 Representatives of AIT’s American Citizen Services Unit will be in Taichung on November 3 to provide Consular services.

PR-1064E | Date: 10/07/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan is pleased to sponsor the “Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008” exhibition, which will take place at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, No. 2, Sec. 1, Wu Chuan W. Road, Taichung, from October 9, 2010 to January 2, 2011.

PR-1063E | Date: 10/05/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Monday, October 11, 2010, in observance of Columbus Day in the United States.

PR-1062E | Date: 10/01/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is honored to join the I-Lan City Library to launch the “Portable Mobile Library” to enhance the I-Lan American Shelf services and to further support elementary schools in I-Lan.

PR-1061E | Date: 9/29/2010 On September 28 and 29, a delegation from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Department of Commerce and AIT Washington visited Taipei for meetings with the Taiwan Authorities to discuss the full range of economic issues of importance to both sides, including how to broaden and deepen the strong bilateral ...

PR-1060E | Date: 9/28/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan is pleased to co-sponsor the 2010 Daniel Pearl Day of Music, a free concert that will take place at Treasure Hill, 230, Dingzhou Road, Sec. 3, Lane 230, Taipei, on Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 2:00 to 10:00 p.m.

PR-1059E | Date: 9/23/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan Kaohsiung Branch Office is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new U.S. Commerce and Culture Activity Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony on September 27, 2010.

PR-1058E | Date: 9/23/2010 In cooperation with the Tainan City Government Culture and Tourism Bureau and the America Center located at National Sun Yat-sen University, the AIT Kaohisung Branch Office is pleased to present “American Footsteps in Southern Taiwan” at the Koxinga Museum located in Tainan from September 21 to November 30.

PR-1057E | Date: 9/15/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Wednesday, September 22, 2010, in observance of Mid -Autumn Festival.

PR-1056E | Date: 9/15/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan is pleased to announce that the U.S. Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) lottery will run from midnight October 5, 2010, through midnight November 3, 2010, Taiwan time.

PR-1055E | Date: 9/8/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan is pleased to sponsor the Taipei Biennial 2010, which will takes place at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum from September 7 to November 14, 2010.

PR-1054E | Date: 8/31/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Monday, September 6, 2010, in observance of Labor Day in the United States.

PR-1053E | Date: 8/26/2010 The AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office, in conjunction with the National Pingtung Institute of Commerce and Kaohsiung Computer Association, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 English Business Writing Contest.

PR-1052E | Date: 8/25/2010 The Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is collaborating with the Leveraged Marketing Corporation of America (LMCA) to organize a September 30, 2010 seminar in Taipei introducing U.S.-based AT&Ts brand licensing program to the local business community.

PR-1051E | Date: 8/23/2010 The Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) will partner with U.S. footwear company Skechers to promote breast cancer awareness.

PR-1050E | Date: 8/2/2010 AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office and the Kaohsiung City Government will co-host the press event, Kaohsiung – Turning the Tide against Human Trafficking on August 5.

PR-1049E | Date: 7/9/2010 AIT is pleased to sponsor the 2010 Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale, which will take place at the Yingge Ceramics Museum from July 9 to October 31.

PR-1048E | Date: 7/8/2010 Sheila Paskman assumed duties as Public Affairs Section Chief and the Spokesperson for the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) on July 1, 2010. Before coming to AIT, Paskman served as a professional U.S. diplomat for 16 years. Her most recent overseas assignment was as the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. ...

PR-1047E | Date: 7/6/2010 Effective July 13, 2010, a number of fees for American Citizen Services will increase. This increase is to ensure sufficient resources to cover the increasing cost of providing consular services.

PR-1046E | Date: 6/30/2010 Representatives of the American Citizen Services Unit of the American Institute in Taiwan will be in Taichung on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, to provide Consular services.

PR-1045E | Date: 6/28/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Monday, July 5, 2010, in observance of the American holiday Independence Day.

PR-1044E | Date: 6/24/2010 The exhibition “Manet to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art” will be shown at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum from June 26 to September 26.

PR-1043E | Date: 6/23/2010 To celebrate the U.S. Independence Day, AIT has teamed up with Miramar Entertainment Park and Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi Place to organize America Month retail events

PR-1042E | Date: 6/21/2010 The Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and Right Management Taiwan will co-host the Advancing Careers, Driving Results: Career Development for Business Success seminar on July 1, 2010.

PR-1041E | Date: 6/21/2010 The Agricultural Trade Office of the American Institute in Taiwan welcomes Taiwan agriculture and food service buyers to visit the USA Pavilion at the 2010 Taipei International Food Show.

PR-1040E | Date: 6/18/2010 The AIT congratulates American artist Ray King on his exhibition “Adventures in Light and Color,” which will be held at the Taipei Artist Village.

PR-1039E | Date: 6/17/2010 America Week — Kaohsiung Dream Mall’s annual event promoting American products — will kick off June 25.

PR-1038E | Date: 6/09/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in observance of the Dragon Boat Festival.

PR-1037E | Date: 6/05/2010 Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) will lead a U.S. Senate delegation visit to Taipei from June 5-6.

PR-1036E | Date: 6/01/2010 AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt, will arrive in Taipei Wednesday, June 2, and will stay until Monday, June 7, 2010.

PR-1035E | Date: 5/26/2010 AIT is collaborating with ArcSight to hold a seminar on the Impact of Cybercrime on Government Agencies in Taipei on June 15.

PR-1034E | Date: 5/25/2010 Effective June 4, 2010, the worldwide non-immigrant visa (NIV) application processing fee will increase and a new tiered structure with separate fees for different visa categories will be implemented.

PR-1033E | Date: 5/21/2010 The U.S. Pacific Northwest Wine Dinner will feature seven exquisite wines from Oregon and Washington, along with an array of great American Northwest seafood and beef products paired by Master Sommelier Shayn Bjorholm.

PR-1032E | Date: 5/21/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed on Monday, May 31, 2010, in observance of U.S. Memorial Day.

PR-1031E | Date: 5/19/2010 | The American Institute in Taiwan will be moving to a new web-based nonimmigrant visa application system.

PR-1030E | Date: 5/11/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan is sponsoring the May 10-14, 2010 visit to Taiwan of Gary Kebbel, a noted U.S. journalist, educator and public speaker on online journalism.

PR-1029E | Date: 4/27/2010 Mariko Silver, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Policy at the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is scheduled to visit Taiwan from April 27 through April 30, 2010 to participate in the International Conference on Homeland Security organized by the Executive Yuan. 

PR-1028E | Date: 4/23/2010 The Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and Recall, a global leader in information and data management, are organizing a Digital Data Management Symposium in Taipei on May 5.

PR-1027E | Date: 4/22/2010 AIT Director William A. Stanton and National Taiwan University Professor and Acting Director of the NTU Global Change Research Center Wu Ming-chin together presented certificates and awards to five essayists.

PR-1026E | Date: 4/22/2010 Message from U.S. Government to U.S. Currency Users: "Know Its Features So You Can Know It's Real"

PR-1025E | Date: 4/20/2010 Taiwan's Public Television Service (PTS) will broadcast a TV recording of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Kaohsiung Branch Office-sponsored "Evening of American Music" concert during its regularly-scheduled "Performance Hall" classical music program at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 24. 

PR-1024E | Date: 4/20/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan announced the short films chosen as Taiwan's finalists for the 2010 Democracy Video Challenge at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.

PR-1023E | Date: 4/13/2010 The American Chamber of Commerce in Kaohsiung (AmCham Kaohsiung) will host the inaugural Ying Chun Yan business dinner on Thursday, April 15, 6:00 p.m., at Kaohsiung City's Grand Hi-Lai Hotel.

PR-1022E | Date: 04/09/2010 The AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office, in conjunction with the National Pingtung Institute of Commerce (NPIC), is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Taiwan-U.S. Commercial Forum scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 15 at 1:00 p.m. at the Grand Hi Lai Hotel in Kaohsiung City.

PR-1021E | Date: 3/30/2010 Representatives of the American Citizen Services Unit of the American Institute in Taiwan will be in Taichung on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, to provide Consular services.

PR-1020E | Date: 3/30/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed on Monday, April 5, 2010, in observance of Tomb Sweeping Day.

PR-1019E | Date: 3/29/2010 The Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is collaborating with Aon Consulting to organize the "Aon Consulting Human Resources Forum".

PR-1018E | Date: 3/19/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan is delighted with the response to the 2010 Democracy Video Challenge from filmmakers in Taiwan. 

PR-1017E | Date: 3/12/2010 In cooperation with the Kaohsiung Museum of History and the America Center located at National Sun Yat-sen University, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Kaohsiung Branch Office is pleased to present "American Footsteps in Southern Taiwan," an unprecedented museum exhibition which will be shown at the Kaohsiung Museum of History from ...

PR-1016E | Date: 3/10/2010 Representatives of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) - Kaohsiung Branch Office will be in Penghu on Wednesday afternoon, March 24, 2010, to provide notary, consular report of birth abroad (CRBA), U.S. passport, and additional passport pages services. 

PR-1015E | Date: 3/5/2010 The Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan and the Willis (Taiwan) Group invite Taiwan industry representatives to attend a seminar on "Liability Exposure, Risk Management and Solutions for Solar Industry".

PR-1014E | Date: 3/5/2010 The Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Willis (Taiwan) Group invite Taiwan industry representatives to attend "Essentials of Enterprise Risk Management for Directors & Officers: A Liability Insurance Seminar."

PR-1013E | Date: 3/3/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan, in cooperation with the Global Change Research Center of the National Taiwan University, launched an English writing contest in celebration of Earth Day.

PR-1012E | Date: 2/11/2010 Major arms sales announced in 2010 ($6.4 billion) and 2008 ($6.4 billion)

PR-1011E | Date: 2/10/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) wants to alert the public to the disappearance in Taiwan of an American citizen -- Ms. Fo Duong Vuong.

PR-1010E | Date: 2/5/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Monday, February 15 through Friday, February 19, 2010, in observance of the Lunar New Year holidays.

PR-1009 | February 4, 2010 | AIT Facebook Page has Reached 1000 Fans (This press release is only available in Chinese. )

PR-1008E | Date: 1/28/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan welcomes Major League Baseball great Barry Larkin to Taiwan from February 1 through February 7, 2010. Mr. Larkin and former Montreal Expos pitcher Joseph Logan will visit the city of Taipei, Taipei County, Taoyuan County, Kaohsiung County, and Pingtung County during their visit.

PR-1007E | Date: 1/25/2010 The Taipei Book Fair Foundation and the Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan are partnering to present the U.S.A. Pavilion in the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) 2010 from January 27 to February 1.

PR-1006E | Date: 1/21/2010 The Agricultural Trade Office of the American Institute in Taiwan is pleased to announce that the Wisconsin Ginseng Board will hold a press conference in Taipei on Friday, January 22 to announce its plans to re-enter the important Taiwan market for Wisconsin Ginseng.

PR-1005E | Date: 1/20/2010 The Agricultural Trade Office of the American Institute in Taiwan is pleased to announce an Oregon wine tasting reception, hosted by the Seven Pyramid Wine Company.

PR-1004E | Date: 01/19/2010 On January 21, 2010, the Commercial Section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and Right Management Taiwan will co-host the "Right for Talent: The New Practices of Talent Selection and Development" Seminar at the AIT Commercial Section Conference Room.

PR-1003E | Date: 01/12/2010 All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2010, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

PR-1002E | Date: 1/5/2010 The American Institute in Taiwan's Public Affairs Section seeks applicants for seven Summer 2010 Study of the United States Institutes.

PR-1001E | Date: 1/4/2010 United States Senate Committee on Finance Washington, DC 20510-6200 December 31, 2009