Hello Taiwan sets up office in Taipei to boost Taiwan’s international presence
Hello Taiwan sets up office in Taipei to boost Taiwan’s international presence
2024-03-22
New York-based NGO Hello Taiwan has opened a new office in Taipei. The organization, which was founded by Taiwanese American Ming Chiang, is seen as a powerful promoter of people-to-people diplomacy between the U.S. and Taiwan. Since founding the organization in 2018, Chiang had always wanted to set down roots in Taiwan by establishing the NGO’s headquarters here.
Ming Chiang
Hello Taiwan founder
Whether you are a business, an artist, a scholar or just a regular Taiwan lover, Hello Taiwan welcomes you.
Hello Taiwan is an organization founded by Ming Chiang, a Taiwanese American. The group has now announced the opening of an office in Taipei.
Ming Chiang
Hello Taiwan founder
When I founded Hello Taiwan in New York, the plan was to set up headquarters in Taiwan within five years. We want to grow Hello Taiwan’s mission from Taiwan to the world.
Randy Feenstra
US representative
I want to congratulate you all on officially opening the Taipei office of Hello Taiwan. Through your hard work and advocacy, Hello Taiwan has organized and sponsored over 100 events around the U.S. to educate the American people about Taiwanese culture and history.
Due to Taiwan’s unique international status, there are many limits to what the country can do in an official capacity. That’s where many NGOs step in. Hello Taiwan’s founder Chiang has used his business connections in New York to promote people-to-people diplomacy between Taiwan and the U.S. His efforts have won support from politicians in the U.S., and it’s thanks to his help that events such as art exhibitions and the Mets Taiwan Day are held.
Huang Jie
DPP lawmaker
Thanks to the founding of the Hello Taiwan office, Taiwan and the U.S. can enjoy increasingly deeper ties between people and lawmakers.
Puma Shen
DPP lawmaker
Due to Taiwan’s international situation, there is no fast way for the government to link up with other governments. But with civic groups like Hello Taiwan, people connect with people first, and then governments connect later. It’s a process that’s very familiar to us in Taiwan, and it’s also the quickest path to do so.
Doong Sy-chi
Taiwan Think Tank
While setting down roots in Taiwan, it can help build consensus, a sense of identity and confidence. It allows the people of Taiwan to help Taiwan.
Chiang hopes the NGO will help Taiwan have more of a global presence, so that people from all over the world can appreciate what Taiwan has to offer.
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紐約台僑成立"HelloTaiwan" 回歸台灣設總部拚外交
2024-03-22
由紐約台僑成立的"HELLO TAIWAN"組織，近年來積極在美國各地宣傳台灣文化，更被視為台灣在美國的最強僑民外交代表，創辦人江明信2018年接手組織後，決定將總部設在台灣、並成立台北辦公室，未來希望藉由各項活動、讓更多人一起為台灣的外交路打拼。
[[Hello Taiwan美國創辦人 江明信]]
“無論您是企業家，藝術家，學者，還是普通的台灣愛好者，Hello Taiwan都熱烈歡迎”
由台灣在美僑胞成立多年的「Hello Taiwan」組織，宣布將回歸台灣、成立台北總部。
[[Hello Taiwan美國創辦人 江明信]]
“之前我們在紐約成立Hello Taiwan的部分，就是規劃五年之後，希望把總部設在台灣，從台灣來帶動到世界各地去，發展Hello Taiwan的任務”
[[美國聯邦眾議員 Randy Feenstra]]
“我在此恭喜 Hello Taiwan，正式開設台北辦公室，透過Hello Taiwan團隊的辛勤工作和倡導，已經在美國各地籌辦和贊助超過100場活動，向美國人民介紹台灣人的文化和歷史”
台灣在國際上的特殊身分，許多官方不能做的事、得靠民間NGO組織穿針引線，創辦人江明信，近年來就靠著自己在紐約經商的重要人脈，在美推動民間外交，拉政要挺台、各式藝術展、紐約大都會台灣日，都是靠他從中幫忙。
[[立委(民) 黃捷]]
“我們可以透過Hello Taiwan的成立，在台灣跟我們不管是民間，還有我們立法委員， 民意代表，台美深化這樣的關係，一定會愈來愈緊密”
[[立委(民) 沈伯洋]]
“依照台灣現在的國際處境，沒有辦法那麼快速讓政府組織就串聯起來，但如果民間組織，像Hello Taiwan這樣，先把民間串聯起來之後，再串聯到官方，這樣的方式反而是台灣最熟悉，也是一種最快的路徑”
[[台灣智庫副執行長 董思齊]]
“從台灣向下扎根，同時凝聚共識，認同，提升大家的自信之外，能夠讓台灣人，一起幫助台灣”
江明信期盼未來組織從台灣出發到全球，讓世界看見最美的台灣。
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