Registration has opened for a DPP study abroad program that will take young Taiwanese to Washington for exchanges. The DPP Youth Diplomacy Empowerment Program will be held from July 23 to Aug. 2. There’s a registration fee of NT$10,000, but all expenses for the participants will be paid. The DPP’s acting secretary-general, Andrea Yang, says the program aims to develop more foreign affairs talent like President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim.

The director of the DPP’s mission in the U.S., Michael Fonte, proclaims, “Long live Taiwan democracy.” Speaking from Washington, D.C. in a prerecorded video, he encouraged participants to sign up for the DPP Youth Diplomacy Empowerment Program, which starts in July.

Michael Fonte
DPP US mission director
In other words, the program gives you a chance to come to the U.S. to gain a deeper understanding of U.S. policies on Taiwan and to meet U.S. officials and scholars. Whether you end up working as an aide or get elected president, forging these relationships will help you.

The program will take politically minded youth to Washington for exchanges. Such an initiative is not new. Back in 1995, Vice President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim organized a similar course while working at the DPP’s mission in the U.S. The participants included current lawmaker Ho Hsin-chun, Prospect Foundation president Lai I-chung and Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs Herming Chiueh. With this latest youth camp, the DPP seeks to nurture more new talent in politics.

Andrea Yang
Acting DPP secretary-general
We want to find more Hsiao Bi-khims. It’s difficult to cultivate foreign affairs talent, in large part due to salaries and benefits. These are problems we have been trying to overcome in our talent development efforts.

Wen Lii
DPP director of international affairs
Perhaps you may all be thinking that the U.S. flights alone start at NT$50,000 or NT$60,000. But our registration fee is just NT$10,000 per person. While KMT lawmakers led by Fu Kun-chi are carrying out exchanges with China and the CCP, the DPP is taking a new generation out into the world, to strengthen relations between democracies, and stand united together.

Registration is now open for the youth camp, which will be held from July 23 to Aug. 2 in Washington, D.C. Fifteen to 20 participants will be chosen, and their expenses will be covered in full. In related news, DPP Chair Lai Ching-te has pledged to donate his election subsidy to support the education of young party members, to foster new talent in Taiwan politics.

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