Government Information Office (GIO) Minister Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) arrived in New York late on Saturday, making him the first senior Taiwanese official to visit the US after Taiwan signed a landmark trade pact with China.
Chiang said one of the main purposes of his visit was to chair a meeting of leading officials from the GIO’s 13 offices in the US and Canada to get first-hand information about their work and problems they have encountered.
Chiang said he would also visit mainstream media organizations during his visit and meet think tank academics to exchange views on the latest developments in cross-strait relations.
“Significant changes have happened in the Taiwan Strait and international situations in the past two years, particularly in cross-strait relations, which have entered a new era after the signing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement,” Chiang said after his arrival at Newark International Airport in New Jersey.
Against this backdrop, he said, the GIO must update its international publicity strategy and the way it communicates government policy to the international community.
“I will take advantage of this trip to meet think tank academics and media representatives to discuss the cross-strait situation and Taiwan-US relations,” Chiang said, adding that he would brief them on Taiwan’s latest developments and changes in its ties with China and Asia as a whole.
The media outlets on Chiang’s itinerary include Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Washington Times. He will give interviews with the Associated Press and Voice of America.
Chiang is scheduled to meet with correspondents of major international news media at the National Press Club in Washington.
In addition to visiting the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, a New York-based think tank, Chiang will also deliver a speech at a meeting organized by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and the Overseas Press Club of America.
He will also attend a seminar organized by the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington.
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