09
April 2020
Past Event
Video Livestream | Taiwan's Strong COVID-19 Response: Remarks by Foreign Minister Joseph Wu

Video Livestream | Taiwan's Strong COVID-19 Response: Remarks by Foreign Minister Joseph Wu

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
April 09, 2020
09
April 2020
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Vincent Chao

Director of the Political Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

Patrick Cronin

Senior Fellow and Asia-Pacific Security Chair, Hudson Institute

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Rob Spalding

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

John Walters

Chief Operating Officer, Hudson Institute

Joseph Wu

Foreign Minister of Taiwan

**__Please be advised: This event will be livestreamed only starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, April 9.__**

**__If you have questions for our panelists, please email events@hudson.org or simply ask questions during the live event on Twitter by tagging @HudsonInstitute.__**

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation on Taiwan’s battle against COVID-19. The event will feature recorded remarks from Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu followed by a discussion of experts.

Although cases appeared to be surging at the end of January, Taiwan’s share in the global caseload remains low despite a population of 24 million people. Taiwan acted swiftly by appointing its minister of health in charge of containment efforts, using cell phones to monitor the health status of quarantined citizens, increasing its manufacturing of relevant medical equipment, and screening travelers from China. Taiwan has also assisted the global response, recently announcing it will send 2 million face masks to the United States and other nations.

In addition to swift government action, what has made Taiwan successful thus far in responding to the COVID-19 outbreak? How should the international community mobilize to pressure China for greater transparency in the future? What threats to Taiwan’s sovereignty does the disease pose in the short term? The panel of experts will address these and other questions following the foreign minister’s remarks.

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