Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/05/07
By: Elaine Hou

Taipei, May 7 (CNA) The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) announced Thursday that Kin Moy will succeed Christopher Marut as the new director of its Taipei office, beginning summer 2015.

Moy’s most recent assignment was deputy assistant secretary of state in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, responsible for U.S. relations with China, Mongolia, and Taiwan.

Moy, a Mandarin speaker, has been in the U.S. Foreign Service for over 20 years, and has extensive experience on the Asia-Pacific region, said the AIT, which represents U.S. interests in Taiwan in the absence of bilateral diplomatic ties.     [FULL  STORY]