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Newsletters

The following newsletters are in Adobe PDF format, you may download them here.

March 2008 (Issue No. 11) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. “Taiwan’s UN Question” by Manesh SV
2. “You Know You Love Taiwan If…” by Peter Chai
3. “What Kosovo Means for Taiwan?” by Jonathan Hwang
4. “Special Report: Passing Go” by Peter Chai

February 2008 (Issue No. 10) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. Happy New Year! YPG New Year’s Resolutions
2. “Taiwan as a Paradise for Tourists” by Manesh SV
3. “FAPA-YPG Chapter Report: Boston” by Hank Li
4. “A Generation Unknown” by Abraham Young
5. “Remembering 228” by Peter Chai

December 2007 (Issue No. 9) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. “Tripling the Taiwanese of New York: The UN for Taiwan Rally” by Zoe Tseng
2. FAPA YPG Announcements: “Lobby Buddies ‘Online Office Hours’“ & “Preview: FAPA YPG’s 2008 Presidential Election Observation Tour to Taiwan!“
3. “Civic Taiwan” by Margaret Kim
4. “YPG Start Up: NY/NJ YPG Chapter Update” by Godwin Chen
5. “A Holiday Wish” by Peter Chai

October 2007 (Issue No. 8) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. FAPA YPG National Conference 2007: Schedule of Events
2. “Taiwan-US History for Dummies” by Tiffany Lu
3. “Becoming Taiwanese American” by Kevin Wu
4. Congressional Lobbying Reports
5. “Reflections of the 2007 YPG Conference” by Kevin Wu
6. Oh no, the conference is over…now what???

September 2007 (Issue No. 7) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. “Taiwan’s Experience Battling Enterovirus 71 Alone” by Eva Tseng
2. “A Lobbying Story: Visiting Senator Whitehouse” by Peter Chai
3. What about the YPG Listserv?
4. “Taiwan Typhoon Strikes!” by John Conklin
5. “Americans, even if not Taiwanese, must stand with Taiwan” by Gary Gustin

July 2007 (Issue No. 6) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. “Utilitarian and Moral Justifications for Self-Determination” by Jonathan Hwang
2. Meet the FAPA YPG Steering Committee
3. “Update on the 2007 WHO Bid” by Alan Lee
4. “FAPA and YPG Projects: Capwiz and Taiwan Movies” by Iris Ho and Jonathan Hwang
5. “Unveiling the Rubik’s Cube: Tyson Mao” by Peter Chai

Spring 2007: Grassroots Action (Issue No. 1) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. “Democracy in Action” Taiwan Trip: December 3–11, 2006
2. “Forum with Community Activists and Leaders” by Felicia C. Lin
3. “Meeting with President Chen Shui-Bian” by Carolyn Huang
4. “Meeting with Kaohsiung Mayor Yeh Chu-Lan” by Carolyn Huang
5. “National Chengchi University Election Study Center” by Megan Panther Wang
6. “Foundation of Medical Professional Alliance in Taiwan (FMPAT) & Taiwan-India Cooperation Council (ICC)” by Thomas H. Lee
7. “Elections Briefing by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Headquarters” by Thomas H. Lee
8. “Student Forum at Soochow University” by Megan Panther Wang
9. “Forum with Taiwan Thinktank Scholars” by Timothy Rich
10. “Reflections” by Kristine Wang
11. “Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Mr. Shih-Chung Liu, Vice Chair, Research and Planning Committee” by Chin-Hao Huang
12. “Taiwan Foundation for Democracy” by Nathan Brinkman
13. “Mainland Affairs Council: Dr. Tung Chen-Yuan, Vice Chair” by Joyce Hsu
14. Pictures from the Campaign Trail
15. Sponsors

July 2006 (Issue No. 5) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. Meet the 2006 Steering Committee
2. 2005 Fundraising Drive Results
3. “YPGer Lennox Lin Lobbies for Taiwan” by Lennox Lin
4. “Taiwan and China: Neighbors Talking Over A Fence?” (excerpts from a play) by Abe Young
5. “A Marketing Plan for Taiwan Independence” by Walter Chung

November 2005 (Issue No. 4) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. “YPG Member Spotlight”
2. “Rutgers DFI Advocacy Training” by Jennifer Chen
3. “Youth National Affairs Conference in Taiwan” by Eva Tseng
4. “Rose Tour and TAIWANATION in Taiwan”
5. “YPG Annual Conference & Lobbying”:
   • “Introduction” by Iris Ho
   • “Demystifying FAPA: A slightly different perspective” by Jonathan Tang
   • “A great weekend of advocacy training” by Vivian Huang
   • “YPGers touched my heart” by Pierre MingTsan Lu
   • “Notes from meetings with congressional staff”
   • “Notes from the 2005 YPG Annual Conference”

June 2005 (Issue No. 3) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. “YPG Member Spotlight”
2. “FAPA YPG at ITASA”
3. “NYC YPG Gathering”
4. “Steering Committee Retreat & Lobbying”
5. “326 Rallies”
6. “Taiwan, China, the WHO, and Politics”
7. “Wristband Update”

February 2005 (Issue No. 2) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. YPG Steering Committee Bios.
2. “D.C. YPGers’ Gathering with Ms. Shyh-Fang Liu” by Mina Hsu.
3. “Northern California YPG Meet & Greet” by Cindy Chen.
4. “Bumper Sticker for Taiwan!” by Iris Ho.
5. “Hands united, unanimous pride (bracelet update)” by Joseph Lee.

July 2004 (Issue No. 1) * [.pdf download]

In this edition:

1. “Advocacy for Taiwan Weekend Agenda (Fri. 6/18–Sun. 6/20).”
2. “YPG’s Vision, Mission, and Activities Discussion” by Cindy Chen.
3. “Grassroots Advocacy by Coen Blaauw and Iris Ho” by DeeAnn Kuo.
4. “US’s National Interest in Taiwan by Dr. Joanne Chang” by Hsiaoching Liu.
5. “Participant Presentations: ABCs of Taiwan Related Historical Documents” by Eileen Liu & Iris Ho.
6. Photographs: “Peter’s Birthday” and “Farewell group picture.”
7. “Conference Review” by Alex Young.
8. “Special Thank You’s.”