關於 whyichosetaiwan ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

💡AIT文化新聞組：辦公室裡有什麼？

還記得AIT粉專「愛台灣，我的選擇」系列文中的藝術家Jason Cole Mager嗎 (https://bit.ly/3d0G90O)？AIT文化新聞組很榮幸能將這位美國藝術家的作品掛在我們辦公室的牆上！大家可能還記得，Jason對各種圖徽和台灣的印章很有興趣，他的作品也經常翻玩台灣歷史中的各式文化元素。我們希望這幅作品能提醒我們美國和台灣文化共通共融的獨特面向，特別是當AIT文化新聞組在推動新提案時，能夠激發我們的靈感，舉辦強化美台雙邊人民關係的各式活動。在這幅作品中你能看出哪些是台灣的意象符號嗎？

我們會在「AIT文化新聞組：辦公室裡有什麼？」這個系列陸續介紹文化新聞組辦公室的一些佈置與元素，藉此回顧過去並展望未來美台關係之間的緊密合作！請鎖定AIT臉書喔！

💡AIT’s Public Diplomacy Office: What’s in our office?

Remember Jason Cole Mager from @AIT_tapei’s #WhyIChoseTaiwan series (https://bit.ly/3d0G90O)? AIT’s Public Diplomacy Section is grateful to have one of this American artist’s pieces hanging in our very own office! As you may recall, Jason is fascinated with symbols and with Taiwan’s use of stamps. Much of his work also deals with the interplay between cultures throughout Taiwan’s history. We hope this work will remind us of the ways that the United States and Taiwan’s cultures blend together in unique ways, particularly as the Public Diplomacy Section looks for new programs to strengthen the #peopletopeolpeties that bind us together. Do you recognize any of Taiwan’s symbols in this work?

We will continue introducing the decorations in our PD office, which gives you a lookback and lookout of the close cooperation and interaction in art, education and culture between the United States and Taiwan. Stay tuned!

「愛台灣，我的選擇」系列第二發

「我就是在台灣找到了《靈山》的中文版，這本書的作者是第一個榮獲諾貝爾獎的華人[高行健]，但中國從來沒有真正承認過這個得主。做為一個經濟官，我們大概知道優秀的合作夥伴要具備什麼特質。的確，美台之間也許有些貿易障礙，但就整個台灣經濟體系的價值觀而言，以及像美國一樣作為一個開放的民主社會，能有這樣的合作夥伴對我的工作來說是非常珍貴的。台灣政府充分響應民意，並奠基了創新創業和知識自由的基礎，就是這樣的知識自由有助於建立知識型社會及知識型經濟，台灣、美國就是很好的例子。在台灣這樣允許言論自由、反覆試驗不怕失敗的環境下，研發才得以存在並精進，相反的，沒有這些自由就沒有好的研發。派駐台灣可說是我經濟官職涯中的亮點，而且，比起其他我去過的地方，台灣人民真的非常友善，也非常尊重他人。」安恬（Dannielle Andrews）美國在台協會經濟組組長。

＊安恬女士來台之前，曾擔任美國國務院法律事務局區域全球功能事務辦公室代理副助卿。她於2017年6月以優異成績畢業於美國國防大學，取得國家戰爭學院國家安全戰略碩士學位，以及資訊網路空間學院網路安全證書。安恬女士於2002年加入國務院，並曾任職於美國駐瀋陽總領事館、美國駐巴西巴西利亞大使館，以及美國駐迦納阿克拉大使館。她也曾先後於美國國務院擔任中國暨蒙古事務辦公室經濟組組長，核能風險降低中心資深觀察官，以及經濟暨商業事務局助理。在加入國務院之前，安恬女士曾於加州總體經濟研究公司擔任研究員及客戶關係主管；她也在巴西、中國和迦納積極參與志工活動。安恬女士先後取得維吉尼亞州威廉斯堡威廉與瑪麗學院學士學位，以及德州大學奧斯汀分校碩士學位。她通曉葡萄牙語、中文、俄語及西班牙語。#WhyIChoseTaiwan #愛台灣我的選擇 #RealFriendsRealProgress #美台關係 #真朋友真進展

Why I Chose Taiwan #2

“It’s here in Taiwan that I got a version of 靈山, which was written by a PRC author who the Chinese have never actually acknowledged as the first Chinese person to win a Nobel prize for literature...As an econ officer, we all kinda know who the great partners are. Yes, there are some barriers to trade between the U.S. and Taiwan, but in terms of the overall value of the economic system and to Taiwan having a society like ours, it’s invaluable to my work. Taiwan is responsive to its citizenry, which lays the foundation for entrepreneurship and intellectual freedom. Intellectual freedom is what helps build knowledge-based societies and knowledge-based economies, like Taiwan’s, like the United States’. Research and Development, exist and are perfected in places like this, not in places where you aren’t allowed to express freely what is tested, failed, tested again. I already know that this is the highlight of my economic officer career. Also, the kindness and respect for your fellow human being that I found here more than anywhere else that I’ve been when I’ve traveled around.” Dannielle Andrews, AIT’s Economic Section Chief.

Prior to her arrival in Taiwan, Ms. Andrews served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Regional, Global, and Functional Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Legislative Affairs. She graduated with honors in June 2017 with a Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the National War College and a certification in CyberSecurity from the College of Information and Cyber Space at the National Defense University.

「我原先打算在中國進行少數民族的研究，但就在我準備博士論文研究計畫時，發生了六四事件，讓我不得不改題目，當時有人就建議我研究台灣的民主化過程，所以我就順勢改了題目，並在1991年這一整年中留在台灣研究地方選舉，自此之後我就經常來台進行長期和短期的訪問。1991年能待在台灣真是太好了，但其實每次我來到台灣，我都覺得：『天哪！我真是太幸運了！能在這個時候來到台灣！』因為台灣的發展非常迅速，方興未艾…對於一個政治學家來說，沒有比台灣更好的環境了，因為參與政治的人不僅樂於講述自己的故事，也了解你需要的東西，且願意提供給你。就整體學術社群來說，台灣學者學識淵博、造詣極高，我對他們深感欽佩。」— 任雪麗教授。

傅爾布萊特資深學者任雪麗博士為北卡羅來納州戴維森學院東亞政治系榮譽教授，擁有哈佛大學政府學博士學位，及普林斯頓大學公共與國際事務學士學位。任雪麗博士曾於2005年在政治大學進行訪問研究，並於2006年到上海復旦大學擔任客座教授。她著有兩本關於台灣國內政治的專書：《Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy》及《From Opposition to Power: Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party》，以及多篇關於台灣國內政治及兩岸議題的文章。#WhyIChoseTaiwan #愛台灣我的選擇 #RealFriendsRealProgress #美台關係 #真朋友真進展

“I expected to do my graduate work on minorities within the PRC but when June 4, 1989 happened just as I was preparing a dissertation prospectus, I had to make a change and I got this great suggestion to study Taiwan’s democratization. So I switched up my topic and I spend the whole year of 1991 here studying local elections and then I’ve been coming back regularly for longer and shorter stays ever since then. ‘91 was a great year to be here but, as a matter of fact, every time I’ve ever been here, I thought ‘oh my gosh, I’m so lucky to have been here now ’ because Taiwan just moves at this breakneck pace and things just keep happening....there’s just no better environment for a political scientist then one in which the people who participate in politics not only want to tell their story but also understand what it is that you need and are willing to give it to you. And then the larger academic community, the Taiwanese scholars, all work at an extremely high level. I have enormous admiration for what they can do.“ Dr. Shelley Rigger, Fulbright Fellow

Dr. Shelley Rigger is a Professor of East Asian Politics at Davidson College. She has a PhD in Government from Harvard University and a BA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. She has been a visiting researcher at National Chengchi University in Taiwan (2005) and a visiting professor at Fudan University in Shanghai (2006). Rigger is the author of two books on Taiwan’s domestic politics: Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy and From Opposition to Power: Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, as well as multiple articles on Taiwan’s domestic politics and cross-Strait issues.