Scenes from the annual Taipei Economic and Cultural Office reception in Vancouver’s Fairmont Waterfront Centre Hotel on Oct. 4, hosted by director general Angel Liu.
The event marked the 114th Republic of China national day on Oct. 10 and included a parade of speeches by various federal, provincial and municipal politicians. Some emphatically applauded democratic Taiwan’s tenacity amid threats of invasion by the People’s Republic of China. Others carefully chose their words.
Some 45,000 Taiwanese-Canadians live in B.C., where the NDP government declared last July as Taiwan Heritage Month.
Two members of the Conservative Party of B.C. caucus attended, but did not show up on stage. According to senior assistant director of TECO, Hsiu-Chun Lao, Teresa Wat (Richmond-Bridgeport) arrived late and Hon Chan (Richmond Centre) left early.
On Sept. 23, according to the Chinese consulate, Wat and Chan attended a celebration of 76 years of Communist Party rule.
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