Taipei Times
Date: Jun 05, 2015
By: William Lowther / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON
More than a score of US Congress members attended a Wednesday night reception
Former US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, right, presents Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen, center, with a miniature of the Statue of Freedom that stands atop the US Capitol Building’s dome in Washington during a reception at the US House of Representatives yesterday. Photo: Chen Hui-ping, Taipei Times
to welcome Democratic Progressive Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to Capitol Hill.
Veteran observers of the US-Taiwan scene said that it was the most enthusiastic and warm reception they could remember for a Taiwanese visitor.
“The atmosphere was utterly new, everyone was talking about how the attitudes in Washington have completely changed,” one guest said.
“Dr Tsai had a look of confidence and satisfaction — congressmen and women were bubbling,” he added. [FULL STORY]
