‘REAL FRIENDS’: Taiwan’s leadership in several issues reaffirms the need to expand its participation in the global community, Brent Christensen said

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 12, 2020
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter

Taiwan is a leader in infectious disease prevention, disaster relief and other areas, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen said yesterday, urging Taiwanese to take pride in the nation.

Christensen made the remarks while opening the touring exhibition “US-Taiwan Relations Since 1979” at the National Taipei University (NTPU) library in New Taipei City’s Sansia District (三峽).

It is the first time that the exhibition, which has been on a nationwide tour since 2018, is visiting a university campus. It features photographs, documents and videos highlighting the AIT’s role in supporting US-Taiwan relations since the US’ Taiwan Relations Act took effect in 1979.

Opening the exhibition along with NTPU president Lee Cheng-chai (李承嘉), Christensen said in his keynote speech that the AIT’s theme this year is the US and Taiwan being “real friends” making “real progress.”    [FULL  STORY]