An exhibition in Taipei focusing on the development of ties between Taiwan and the US over the past 35 years is scheduled to open this week, according to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), one of the event organizers.
The exhibition, titled Tradition and Transformation: US-Taiwan Relations, 1979-2014, is to display photographs, texts and artifacts chronicling the development of the unofficial relationship between Taiwan and the US since Washington switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, the AIT said in a statement.
The exhibition “demonstrates the close ties forged between the people of the US and the people of Taiwan since the signing of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) in 1979,” the AIT said, which is organizing the event with the National Taiwan Museum.
The opening of the exhibition is slated for tomorrow at the National Taiwan Museum’s Nanmen Park, the AIT said.
AIT Director Christopher Marut and National Taiwan Museum director Chen Chi-ming (陳濟民) will perform the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the AIT said.
The TRA was enacted to maintain commercial, cultural and other links between the people of the US and Taiwanese after Washington and Taipei broke off formal ties.
The law pledges to help ensure peace, security and stability in the western Pacific region and to promote the foreign policy of the US. It also requires the US government “to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character.”
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