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Unprecedented, Taiwan President made an open remark in US soil
President Tsai met the press in Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Los Angeles, August 13, 2018 (Photo Kevin Stevanus, Pacific Times staff Photographer)
Following the enactment of the “Taiwan Travel Act"in March 2018, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen stopped over in Los Angeles on August 12 and enjoyed improved treatment in the U.S. Protocols necessitated by the U.S. government toward President Tsai and her delegation have made great progress, e.g. the restrictions long imposed upon the president’s press corps were removed this time. Moreover, on August 13, President Tsai visited the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, where she gave an open remark for the first time as a Taiwan president on American soil.
台灣總統蔡英文出訪中南美洲友邦巴拉圭和貝里斯，8月12日過境洛杉磯，這是今年3月美國完成「台灣旅行法」立法之後，台灣總統首度來美過境。在不到一天半的停留，蔡英文總統所受到的禮遇明顯的大幅提昇，前所未有的是，媒體可以近距離採訪她的拜會活動。
圖為蔡總統參觀雷根總統圖書館，公開發表談話，引述雷根總統的名言，自由及未來不能在談判中妥協。(圖Kevin Stevanus攝
NTSO , First Symphony Orchestra from Taiwan performed in Walt Disney Concert Hall
國立台灣交響樂團(NTSO)成立73年來首度來美演出
August 9, 2018, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra teamed up with Taiwanese American Chorale of Southern California under the baton of Conductor Mei-Ann Chen brilliantly performed master pieces of late Tyzen Hsiao, hailed as a Music Angel from Taiwan. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California.
8月4日及8月9日分別在北加州灣區San Jose Center for the Performing Arts和洛杉磯在美國名列十大傑出建築的Walt Disney Concert Hall，和當地台美人所組成的大合唱團，在陳美安指揮下，精彩地演奏／演唱被台灣文化部長鄭麗君稱為「來自台灣的天使」蕭泰然教授的作品，風靡兩地社區愛樂人士。
圖為當晚演出者在Walt Disney Concert Hall表演廳的舞台場景之一。(圖Kevin Stevanus攝)
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