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American Institute in Taiwan

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The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is a non-profit organization established under the auspices of the United States government to serve its interests in Taiwan. [1]

45 relations: Arlington County, Virginia, B. Lynn Pascoe, Chairman, Charles T. Cross, China, China–United States relations, Christopher J. Marut, Da'an District, Taipei, Darryl N. Johnson, De facto embassy, Diplomacy, Douglas H. Paal, Executive director, Federal government of the United States, Foreign policy of the United States, Foreign relations of Taiwan, Foreign relations of the United States, Harry E. T. Thayer, Harvey Feldman, James F. Moriarty, James R. Lilley, Kaohsiung, Kin W. Moy, Natale H. Bellocchi, National interest, Neihu District, Nonprofit organization, One-China policy, Political status of Taiwan, Raymond Greene, Richard C. Bush, Rosslyn, Virginia, Stephen M. Young (diplomat), Taipei, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, Taiwan, Taiwan Relations Act, Taiwan–United States relations, The China Post, The New York Times, Therese Shaheen, U.S. Commercial Service in Taiwan, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C., William Stanton (diplomat).

Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, often referred to simply as Arlington or Arlington, Virginia.

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B. Lynn Pascoe

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Charles T. Cross

Charles T. "Chuck" Cross (May 4, 1922 – November 3, 2008) was an American career diplomat and ambassador who held many positions in American government around the world.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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China–United States relations

China–United States relations, more often known as U.S.–Chinese relations, Chinese–U.S. relations, or Sino-American relations, refers to international relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America.

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Christopher J. Marut

Christopher J. Marut is an American diplomat who last served as Director of the American Institute in Taiwan, the ''de facto'' embassy of the United States in Taiwan, from 2012 to 2015.

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Da'an District, Taipei

Da'an District or Daan District is an important educational, commercial, residential and cultural district of Taipei City, Republic of China (Taiwan).

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Darryl N. Johnson

Darryl Norman Johnson (1938-24 June 2018) was a retired American politician and career Foreign Service Officer who held many positions in American government around the world.

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De facto embassy

A de facto embassy is an office or organisation that serves de facto as an embassy in the absence of normal or official diplomatic relations among countries, usually to represent nations which lack full diplomatic recognition, regions or dependencies of countries, or territories over which sovereignty is disputed.

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Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states.

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Douglas H. Paal

Douglas H. Paal is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he directs the endowment's Asia Program.

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Executive director

An executive director is a chief executive officer (CEO) or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.

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Foreign policy of the United States

The foreign policy of the United States is its interactions with foreign nations and how it sets standards of interaction for its organizations, corporations and system citizens of the United States.

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Foreign relations of Taiwan

The foreign relations of the Republic of China (ROC), referred to by many states as Taiwan, are the relations between the Republic of China and other countries.

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Foreign relations of the United States

The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations.

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Harry E. T. Thayer

Harry E. T. Thayer (September 10, 1927 – January 21, 2017) was an American who served as the sixth United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1980–85.

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Harvey Feldman

Harvey Julien Feldman (June 25, 1931 – February 24, 2009) was a diplomat of the United States, best known for planning the 1972 Nixon visit to China.

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James F. Moriarty

James Francis Moriarty (born 1953) is a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor.

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James R. Lilley

James Roderick Lilley; January 15, 1928 – November 12, 2009) was an American diplomat who served as United States ambassador to China at the time of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Born to American parents in China, Lilley learned Mandarin at a young age before his family moved back to the United States at the outbreak of World War II. He served in the United States Army before earning an undergraduate degree from Yale University and a master's in international relations from George Washington University. He then joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he would work for nearly 30 years in a variety of Asian countries prior to becoming a diplomat. Before being appointed ambassador to China in 1989, he was director of the American Institute in Taiwan, Washington's ''de facto'' embassy on the island, and ambassador to South Korea. After the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests, Lilley was critical of the Chinese crackdown and harbored a prominent dissident in the embassy, but worked to prevent long-term damage to United States–China relations. After his retirement, he published a memoir and worked as a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung City (Hokkien POJ: Ko-hiông; Hakka: Kô-hiùng; old names: Takao, Takow, Takau) is a special municipality located in southern-western Taiwan and facing the Taiwan Strait.

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Kin W. Moy

Kin W. Moy (born 1966, in British Hong Kong) is an American diplomat and the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan.

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Natale H. Bellocchi

Natale Hans Bellocchi (July 5, 1926 – November 17, 2014) was an American industrial engineer from Little Falls, New York, a Korean War United States Army veteran, and United States diplomat.

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National interest

The national interest, often referred to by the French expression raison d'État ("reason of State"), is a country's goals and ambitions, whether economic, military, cultural or otherwise.

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Neihu District

Neihu District is a district of Taipei City, Taiwan.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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One-China policy

"One China policy" is a policy saying that there is only one country of China, despite the fact that there are two governments, China (officially the People's Republic of China) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China), with the official name of China.

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Political status of Taiwan

The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan, sometimes referred to as the Taiwan Issue or Taiwan Strait Issue, or from a Taiwanese perspective as the Mainland Issue, is a result of the Chinese Civil War and the subsequent split of China into the two present-day self-governing entities of the People's Republic of China (PRC; commonly known as China) and the Republic of China (ROC; commonly known as Taiwan).

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Raymond Greene

Charles Raymond Greene (17 April 1901 – 6 December 1982) was a Doctor of Medicine and a mountaineer, and older brother of the novelist Graham Greene and the broadcaster and BBC executive Hugh Greene.

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Richard C. Bush

Richard C. Bush III (born November 21, 1947) is an American expert on China affairs.

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Rosslyn, Virginia

Rosslyn is a heavily urbanized unincorporated area in Northern Virginia located in the northeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. Rosslyn encompasses the Arlington neighborhoods of North Rosslyn and Radnor/Ft.

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Stephen M. Young (diplomat)

Stephen Markley Young (born 1951-) is an American diplomat and was the Consul General of the Consulate General of the United States in Hong Kong under the State department in the Obama administration.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), also known as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) or Taipei Representative Office (TRO), is an alternative to an embassy or a consulate which handles the foreign affairs and citizen services of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in countries that have diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC, commonly "China").

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Taiwan Relations Act

The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) is an act of the United States Congress. Since the recognition of the People's Republic of China, the Act has defined the substantial but non-diplomatic relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan.

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Taiwan–United States relations

Taiwan and the United States of America have maintained unofficial relations since 1979.

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The China Post

The China Post was one of three English-language newspapers published in Taiwan, alongside the Taipei Times and the Taiwan News, which ceased printing in 2010.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Therese Shaheen

Therese Shaheen (夏馨), a businesswoman and entrepreneur, was Chairman and Managing Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) from 2002 to 2004.

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U.S. Commercial Service in Taiwan

The U.S. Commercial Service (USCS) in Taiwan, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the trade promotion section of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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William Stanton (diplomat)

William A. "Bill" Stanton (traditional Chinese: 司徒文; born 1947) is a retired United States career diplomat.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Institute_in_Taiwan

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