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Three decades ago, the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund was created in order to strengthen friendships with diplomatic allies as well as help improve the livelihoods of their citizens. Today, several diplomatic partners shared what makes Taiwan’s approach special. And, perhaps more importantly, they expressed that they’re looking forward to what the next three decades will bring.

The Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund is celebrating 30 years, and today the results brought about by the Taiwan ICDF in the last three decades were on full display. This pink eco-friendly athleisure shirt is the result of a collaborative effort between Taiwan and its diplomatic ally Saint Kitts and Nevis, and this gallery of photos allows viewers to witness all that Taiwan has done with its partners in the last 3 decades. However, China’s use of dollar diplomacy to put pressure on Taiwan’s diplomatic allies has also got the media’s attention.

Journalist
Reuters
Taiwan and China, in particular, frequently trade accusations of dollar diplomacy. You know, throwing money at countries to say you must establish relations with us.

Kalani Kaneko
Marshall Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Our relationship with Taiwan for the last 28, almost 28 years, has been instrumental in developing Marshall Islands. And we’ve been a trusted partner, and we rely on Taiwan. I personally, I can speak for myself, I personally have not had any engagement with the PRC.

Kaneko emphasized that shared values are important. After an initially scheduled late-April visit to Eswatini was cancelled at the eleventh hour due to diplomatic pressure, in May President Lai Ching-te took a secret visit to the African nation. Eswatini also had high praise for the Taiwan ICDF.

Manqoba Khumalo
Eswatini Minister of Commerce
They are not coming into the country to say this is what we want to do for you. But they are saying to us where do you want us to assist you? And we have seen value in that as a country. So we look forward to an exciting 30 more years with ICDF.

Peifen Hsieh
Taiwan ICDF Deputy Secretary General
For example, in Guatemala we have already had a banana project where we use our technology from our TASA, and for Eswatini, as well, we have implemented many vocational training programs there which teach high technologies and so on and so forth.

Taiwan is doing more than just helping diplomatic partners with farming technology, as the island country is also incorporating its AI capabilities as well as ICT technology. With its multi-faceted approach, Taiwan is seeking to improve the livelihoods of its friends abroad.

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