Journalists interested in Taiwan and/or international affairs are invited to a special reception hosted by Ambassador Andrew Hsia, Director-General of The Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in New York (bio below)
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
6:30-8:30 pm; followed by a movie screening of "Splendid Float" (2004 Golden Horse Award winner for the Best Taiwanese Film and opening film at 2005 Asian American Film Festival (details below).
Location: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, 1 East 42nd St., between Fifth and Madison Aves.
This is a unique opportunity to meet a leading international diplomat and ask questions about recent developments in Taiwan and the region. Drinks and Chinese food will be served. In addition, there will be an optional screening of the award-winning Taiwanese movie, "Splendid Float" (details below). When you RSVP, please indicate whether you will be staying for the movie, too.
RSVP REQUIRED: Please fill in the one-minute form
Journalists and journalism students are welcome to bring one guest each.
Last year, SAJA & AAJA hosted a similar event with the Sri Lankan ambassador
and plan to work on other countries as well. Suggestions and contacts for
others welcome - please write to saja@columbia.edu
ABOUT AMBASSADOR HSIA
Ambassador Andrew Li-Yan Hsia
Director-General
Taipei Economic And Cultural Office in New York
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Family: Married to Lisa Cheng with two children
Education:
1985-1988 Research Studies, Queen Mary College, London England
1981 LL.M., University College, London, England
1980 M. Litt., International Law, New College, Oxford, England
1976 MA, Graduate School of Diplomacy, National Cheng Chi
University, Taipei
1972 LL.B., Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei
Career:
2001- Director General, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in New York
1998-2001 Director-General; Department of International Organizations, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Senior Official
1996-1998 Deputy Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office,
Canada (Ottawa)
1994-1996 Director of Secretariat, Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office, U.S.A.(Washington, D. C.)
1989-1994 English Interpreter to the Prime Ministers, Taipei, Taiwan
1992-1994 Deputy Director, Dept. of Information and Cultural Affairs, Ministry
of foreign Affairs (MOFA), Taipei, Taiwan
1990-1992 Special Assistant to the Political Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MOFA), Taipei, Taiwan
1989-1990 Chief, Administrative Section, Coordination Council for North
American Affairs, MOFA, Taipei, Taiwan
1982-1985 Specialist, Dept. of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MOFA), Taipei, Taiwan
Honors:
1976 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Scholarship
1985 Recipient of the Social Science Scholarship
1999 Recipient of Sun Yun-Suan Fellowship
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ABOUT THE MOVIE:
Splendid Float 2004 Fiction color 74min
Roy (James Chen) leads a double life. By day, he's a
Taoist priest in Taipei, mostly busy performing
funerary rites. By night he's Rose, one of four drag
queens who tour the towns and villages of northern
Taiwan, putting on lip-synch shows on the back of
their gaudily lit truck. After a show in Keelung, Rose
meets the macho young fisherman Sunny; they make love
and start thinking about finding a way to live
together. But then Roy is called to summon Sunny's
soul home from the sea; his lover has drowned in an
accident ... It's both sad and funny, weighty and
frivolous, absurd and romantic.
About the Director
Zero CHOU, born in Keelung, Taiwan in 1969. Creatively
and productively as she is, her works are both poetic
and philosophically provocative that .amazingly make
the content and the form an excellent combination..
She has been valued .the most talented documentary
director in the recent years of Taiwan., who has
often won the prizes in various film festivals.
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