Thomas Daschle: “I would like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt congratulations to a close friend of many years, Larry…”

“I would like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt congratulations to a close friend of many years, Larry Yu-Yang Wang. Larry recently left the Coordination Council for North American Affairs office in Washington, where he served as the director of public affairs, for an extremely important position as the chief of protocol for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Government of the Republic of China. During the 10 years in which Larry worked diligently and effectively as a public affairs official at the CCNAA, he helped to bridge many gaps and to establish numerous relationships between Members of this body and various groups working in Taiwan, including the Government of the Republic of China. Taiwan, though a small island, is America's 6th largest trading partner, and the 14th largest trading nation in the world. Larry facilitated and promoted trade between Taiwan and my own State of South Dakota. Taiwan buying missions visited South Dakota and bought our corn and wheat, helping both our own farmers as well as Taiwanese consumers and businesses. In turn, Larry helped arrange meetings between South Dakotan and Taiwanese businesses during a trade mission to Taiwan. Larry also helped me to promote the South Dakota beef industry. As a result of Larry's hard work in Washington, the Government chose him for a new position as chief of protocol for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China.”