Bay State and Taiwanese officials celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act on Thursday at the State House. Taiwan is Massachusetts' eighth-largest trading partner, according to Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan's newly-seated representative in the U.S. Massachusetts was the first stop on Yui's tour of the states since arriving in Washington.
BOSTON — As Bay State and Taiwanese officials celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act on Thursday, they reflected not just on geopolitics but on "limitless" possibilities for
s Bay State and Taiwanese officials celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, they reflected not just on geopolitics but on "limitless" possibilities for international trade expansion between the two states.
New members of the Massachusetts Asian American and Pacific Islander Commission took their oaths of office at a small State House gathering Monday afternoon, as the commission's executive director Yasmin Padamsee Forbes highlighted last weekend's Lunar New Year celebration and hoped to "embrace the spirit of unity and prosperity" represented by the Year of the Dragon.
More than a decade ago, Massachusetts voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure to allow medically assisted suicide. Ever since, lawmakers have introduced bills in the House and Senate that would