[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [Congressional Record: April 12, 1994] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] MR. WANG LEAVES WASHINGTON TO ASSUME INFLUENTIAL POST IN TAIPEI ______ HON. TIM JOHNSON of south dakota in the house of representatives Tuesday, April 12, 1994 Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Speaker, last month Wang Yu-Yuan-- known to his many American friends as Larry Wang--concluded his second tour of duty in this country and assumed a new and influential post in Taipei as Chief of Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Government of the Republic of China on Taiwan. Mr. Wang, who had served since February 1991 as Director of the Congressional Liaison Division for the ROC's Coordination Council for North American Affairs in Washington, is well known and highly regarded by many Members of Congress from both political parties as a great friend of the United States and a very effective representative of the Republic of China. Prior to his promotion to director of the CCNAA Congressional Liaison Division in Washington, Mr. Wang was deputy director of the division from 1990 until 1991 and senior assistant in the division from 1984 until 1990. Mr. Wang was in Taipei from 1981 to 1984 as a section chief of the Department of North American Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During his first tour of duty in the United States, from 1976 until 1979, Mr. Wang was Third Secretary in the Washington Embassy of the Republic of China. He had previously begun his service with the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a specialist in the Department of North American Affairs in Taipei from 1974 to 1976. Prior to joining the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Wang was deputy chief of the international program section with the Broadcasting Corporation of China in 1973 and 1974, was a reporter with the overseas department of the BCC in 1972 and 1993, and was an editor at the Central Daily News in Taipei in 1971 and 1972. Mr. Wang, who received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the highly respected Chinese Culture University in Taipei, also graduated from the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With his impressive background and credentials, it is understandable why Mr. Wang was selected by his government to be Chief of Protocol for the Republic of China. For his countless friends in the United States, however, he will be missed as a distinguished diplomat who always represented his nation with the highest and most honorable standards of professional dignity. To Larry Wang--and to his gracious wife Linda and their daughters, Emily and Nancy--I join my colleagues in extending our best personal wishes for every future success. ____________________