[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 97 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1036-E1037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO THE TAIWAN FELLOWSHIP

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                           HON. VIRGINIA FOXX

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 19, 2014

  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize The Taiwan 
Fellowship, a highly prestigious scholarship which allows American 
experts and scholars to conduct advanced research at universities or 
academic institutions in Taiwan. Established and funded by Taiwan's 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the fellowships provide for tuition, 
financial assistance and a monthly stipend.
  In the past 4 years, 346 scholars from 57 countries around the world 
have been awarded Fellowships. Recipients include professors, doctoral 
candidates, and post-doctoral researchers interested in Taiwan, cross-
strait relations, mainland China, the Asia-Pacific region and Chinese 
studies. The fellowship terms are as short as three months and can be 
as long as a year. In terms of resources devoted to awardees, the 
Fellowship is on par with the Fulbright Program and the Rhodes 
scholarship.
  Mr. Speaker, this scholarship serves as an important conduit for 
educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Taiwan. 
This is the 35th Anniversary of enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act, 
the measure that crafted the modern, successful and

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beneficial US-Taiwan partnership. It's important that we continue to 
build our alliance on a mutual commitment to the rule of law, free and 
fair elections, and free enterprise. It is in that spirit that the 
Taiwan government offers the Taiwan Fellowship to students: so that our 
friendship and mutual understanding will continue into future 
generations.

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