[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 4, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1753]
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              REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 4, 2011

  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, One of our closest allies and 
best friends in the world of nations is the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  October 10th will be a very special day for the people of Taiwan as 
that country will celebrate its 100th anniversary.
  Taiwan and the United States have been very special and close friends 
since shortly after World War II, and this relationship was formalized 
in law by the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979.
  Taiwan has seen multitudes of economic miracles take place in the 
second half of the twentieth century and the early years of this 
century, because that nation has followed a free market, free 
enterprise system closer than almost any other country.
  I had the privilege of spending a week in Taiwan along with 
Congressman Pete Sessions and former Congressman Sonny Callahan around 
ten years ago. The Taiwanese people could not have been kinder or more 
impressive to us than during that visit.
  The University of Tennessee started having a large number of students 
coming from Taiwan in the early 1960s because a man from that nation, 
Nelson Nee, was head of the U.T. International Students Program. Many 
of these students became, and many still are, leaders in the Republic 
of China.
  As I was leaving Taiwan during my visit years ago, I asked one of the 
officials how you said, ``Thank you for your friendship'' in Chinese. 
She wrote out the words, ``Shieh Shieh Ni De Yo Yi.''
  Whether this is exactly correct or not, and I hope it is, I will take 
this time to say I am thankful for the friendship of the people from 
Taiwan.
  I congratulate them on this 100th anniversary, and I believe that as 
long as they allow their people the utmost freedom, Taiwan will remain 
a prosperous and dynamic nation into the future.

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