The Overseas Taiwanese community in Houston, Texas celebrated the Republic of China (ROC)’s National Day early on September 28. The ROC is the official name of Taiwan. Taiwan’s National Day falls on October 10.
The director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston, Louis Huang, said that the ROC is the only democratic Chinese community in the world. He said that the ROC is the hope of the entire ethnic Chinese community.
Huang said support for the ROC means support for the system of democratic freedom. He said the ROC is a true democratic country.
More than 600 overseas Taiwanese sang the birthday song to the ROC using the Cantonese and Mandarin languages at the National Day celebration in Houston.