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Katharine Chang is a Taiwanese diplomat and the current chairperson of the Straits Exchange Foundation. She was the ROC representative to the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2011 and to Australia from 2011 to 2014. The next year, she was appointed to lead the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States. In 2016, Chang was named the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council. She left the Mainland Affairs Council in February 2018, and succeeded Tien Hung-mao as leader of the Straits Exchange Foundation that March. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. February 1953
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Famous Katharine Chang Quotes

“Bilateral (cross-strait) relations have always been difficult and complex, requiring patience, wisdom and effort on both sides.”

Katharine Chang

Katharine Chang (2017) cited in " Premier seeks goodwill after Chinese warnings on independence http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2017/03/08/493122/Premier-seeks.htm" on The China Post, 8 March 2017

“Any threat toward cross-strait relations would be unproductive.”

Katharine Chang

Katharine Chang (2017) cited in " Beijing "cannot confirm" carrier's movement through the Taiwan Strait http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2017/01/11/489092/Beijing-cannot.htm" on The China Post, 11 January 2017

“We don't give them fish. However, we teach them fishing. In that way throughout your life you always have fish to eat. That is Taiwan's way in our joint co-operation in offering assistance to Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the Pacific. All these countries value their relationship with us very much.”

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Katharine Chang (2013) cited in " Taiwan rejects chequebook diplomacy tag over Pacific aid http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-02/an-taiwan-reject-chequebook-diplomacy-tag/4928456" on ABC, 2 September 2013

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