10 Most Important Events of T. A. Community in 2017

  • 10 Most Important Events of T. A. Community in 2017:

The voting results by T.A. individuals are shown in the table below in the order of decreasing importance:

  1. The Petition by many Taiwanese American Organizations: Using “Taiwan” as part of the name of Taiwan Government offices in the U. S. “
  2. Ted Lieu of CA called upon U.S. Census Bureau to include “TAIWANESE” Check box on Census 2020 Form.
  3. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited Houston and San Francisco on Jan. 9 and Jan. 14, 2017.
  4. House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed “Taiwan Travel ACT” on 10/12/2017
  5. UN for Taiwan (台灣加入聯合國大遊行) New York, NY on 09/16/2017
  6. Many of T.A. together placed an advertisement in the Liberty Times (自由時報)to support Dr. Kuo Group for Retaining their management of Formosa Television Inc. (民視)
  7. Taiwanese American has the highest education level among Asia Americans and Pacific Islands ( 台美族教育程度最高 ) report by Washington Center of Equitable Growth.
  8. A large number of T. A. organizations sponsored various activities, such as exhibitions, concerts, seminars, etc. in memory of 70th anniversary of “ 228 Incident” 2017
  9. 17-year-old Karen Chen (陳楷雯) of Fremont, CA, won gold at 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
  10. Independent Day Parade in Washington D.C. 07/04/2017