Exhibit Looks Back on 45 Year History
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies recently collaborated with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative’s Office in the US (TECRO) on a photo exhibition celebrating 45 years of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) entitled “TRA@45”. The exhibit launched on May 7th with a panel discussion on the Taiwan Relations Act featuring the Taiwan Representative to the United States, Ambassador Alexander Tah-ray Yui.
Enacted on April 10, 1979, the Taiwan Relations Act authorized the United States to maintain substantive relations with Taiwan after the U.S. switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. It allows the U.S. to provide Taiwan with defensive weapons and support for its self-defense and states that any threat to Taiwan’s security is of grave concern to the U.S.
The act emphasizes that any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means is a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area.
2024 marks the 45th anniversary of this landmark legislation, and TECRO has organized the TRA@45 exhibition of photographs to provide visitors with a deeper understanding of the enduring friendship that Taiwan and the United States have built over the past four decades.
