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Date: 2018/08/14
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)
Photo Credit: Reuters / TPG
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is urging young Taiwanese living in the United States to return to Taiwan and develop their careers here.
Speaking at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, Tsai said they shouldn’t miss out on such an opportunity and if they opt to return to Taiwan there will be ample capital and the government will help them connect to local society.
Private sector investment is expected top to NT$3 trillion (US$97.4 billion) for the first time this year, she added in an address to some 1,200 expatriate Taiwanese.
Her visit, the first to the U.S. since President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act into law in March, was remarkable for allowing journalists to attend her engagements — signalling a loosening of protocol that had previously seen Taiwanese presidents keep their visits to the U.S. low-key.
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