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House
International Relations Committee Passes Legislation Commemorating TRA!&s
25th Anniversary
On
June 24, the House International Relations Committee (HIRC) marked up
HCR462 commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act. The
resolution was introduced by HIRC chairman Henry Hyde and the Committee's
ranking member Tom Lantos. FAPA President Ming-chi Wu, Ph.D. comments:
"We are glad that Chairman Hyde has finally introduced this
resolution and that the Committee has finally marked it up. We understand
that the Committee wanted to wait with moving on the resolution until all
election disputes in Taiwan were solved. It is good to see that any doubt
in the committee's mind about the election result has now
disappeared." [...] "It is good to notice that this resolution
goes on record stating that hi-level visits are not in conflict with the
US "One China Policy." This opens the door for a future visit by
President Chen to Washington DC."
For
full text of the resolution and FAPA's press release, see: http://www.fapa.org/HCR462/PR0624.htm
U.S.
Representative Introduces Legislation Calling for U.S.-Taiwan Diplomatic
Relations
Rep.
Tom Tancredo (R-CO), a fervent Taiwan supporter, introduced HCR 440 on
June 2 calling for U.S.-Taiwan diplomatic relations. !'The people of
Taiwan have time and time again demonstrated their commitment to
democracy, liberty and human rights,!( said Tancredo in his press release.
!'We ought to extend the same formal diplomatic recognition to the elected
government in Taipei that we accord to the unelected government in
Beijing.!( For
the resolution, please check: http://www.fapa.org/HCR440/HCR440.htm
FAPA's
2004 SUMMER INTERNS
FAPA
is proud of its annual summer internship program. Since FAPA's birth in
1982, FAPA welcomes summer interns to its Washington DC headquarters. No
exception this year. FAPA's conditions for internship -as laid down in a
flyer that appeared in several newspapers earlier this year- are simple:
"If you are between ages 18-35, have an interest in public affairs,
and possess a passion for Taiwan, we invite you to apply for a FAPA
internship for the summer of 2004." Out of 30 applications FAPA HQ
staff has picked 9 interns for the summer months of 2004. They are:
Charles Chen, Hsiao-ching Liu, Yee Huang, Joshua Wu, Keimay Yang, Tian-Ren
Jeng, Shirley Lin and Derek Liu.
FIVE
MORE MEMBERS JOIN CTC!
With the addition of Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Ralf Hall (D-TX), Nick Lampson (D-TX) and Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the total membership of the House Congressional Taiwan Caucus has reached 137. The CTC is the second largest Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives - after the India Caucus with 112 Democrats and 74 Republicans totaling 186 members.