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Taipei Times
Date: May 11, 2018
By: Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter
The inaugural Taiwan-US Defense Business Forum was held yesterday in Kaohsiung to
Retired lieutenant general Francis Wiercinski, a former US Army Pacific commander who is now senior vice president and managing director of US-based Cubic Corp, attends the inaugural Taiwan-US Defense Business Forum in Kaohsiung yesterday.
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facilitate bilateral defense industry cooperation and ease Taiwan’s entry into the global defense supply chain.
The event at the Grand Hi-Lai Hotel was jointly organized by the Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association and the US-Taiwan Business Council.
The one-day event was part of the annual US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference, a platform for dialogue on Taiwan’s national security needs, weapons procurement and defense cooperation that had been held every year in the US since 2002.
One attendee, retired lieutenant general Francis Wiercinski, a former US Army Pacific commander who is now senior vice president and managing director of US-based Cubic Corp, told reporters he was happy to participate in the event and conduct exchanges with partners in the region. [FULL STORY]
