The National Taiwan Museum is commemorating 35 years of the Taiwan Relations Act, one of the foundations of US-Taiwan relations.
The museum is displaying pictures and artifacts that show the development of economic, cultural, defense, education, and technology exchanges from 1979-2014.
Highlights include how the US embassy in Taipei evolved architecturally to its current status as a cultural landmark featuring notable films. It displays US-Taiwan cooperation in space. Their FORMOSAT-3 program was named the most accurate thermometer in outer space. It used six remote sensing microsatellites to collect atmospheric data for weather prediction. It also recounts the history of one of Taiwan’s most popular fruits - mangos - coming to Taiwan from Florida.
American Institute of Taiwan (AIT) Chairman Christopher J. Marut spoke about the exhibit on Tuesday.
"Just as Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Danny Russel said in April 2014 at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Taiwan has won a respected place in the world. In the past 35 years, through the Taiwan Relations Act, the US and Taiwan have built a solid foundation, and today we continue to deepen this friendship," said Marut.
The National Taiwan Museum said it was glad to display the recent history of the evolvement of US-Taiwan relations.