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The Nationalists were defeated by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War. [33]: 125 The ROC government retreated to Taiwan.[33]: 125 In August 1949, the United States suspended the ROC's involvement in the Fulbright Program because the fleeing government was no longer able to make payments on the surplus war material it had purchased from the United States after the end of World War II.
The American Institute in Taiwan [3] (AIT; Chinese: 美國 在 台 協會; pinyin: Měiguó Zài Tái Xiéhuì) is the de facto embassy of the United States of America in Taiwan. AIT is a wholly owned subsidiary of the federal government of the United States in Taiwan with Congressional oversight . [ 4 ]
Laura Rosenberger (born in 1979 [1]) is a former American diplomat. She formerly served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for China and Taiwan at the National Security Council in the Biden administration. She also was chair of the American Institute in Taiwan. [2] [3] [4]
According to the 2009 U.S. Census, Taiwanese American men had one of "the highest year-round, full-time median earnings" with a figure of $76,587, while Taiwanese American women had a median income of $51,307. Taiwanese Americans have one of the lowest poverty rates in the US, with a poverty rate of 9.5% compared to 11.3% for the general ...
Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative Act; Taiwan Council for U.S. Affairs; Taiwan Relations Act; Taiwan Relations Act Affirmation and Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2014; Taiwan Security Enhancement Act; Taiwan Travel Act; Transit diplomacy; Trump–Tsai call; Twin Oaks (Washington, D.C.)
Morton Isaac Abramowitz (January 20, 1933 – November 29, 2024) was an American diplomat and U.S. State Department official. Starting his overseas career in Taipei, Taiwan, after joining the foreign service, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Thailand and Turkey and as the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research.
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in Asia and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.
The May 24 incident (Chinese: 五二四事件), also called the Liu Ziran incident (劉自然事件) and the Reynolds riot, was a 1957 international incident between the United States and Taiwan (ROC) that started over the killing of an ROC national by an American military officer and the subsequent acquitted court-martial conducted by U.S ...