How a Taiwan-born Business Leader Became a U.S. Mayor ft. Andrew Chou

In this episode of Global Voices on Taiwan, Andrew Chou, the first Taiwanese American mayor of Diamond Bar, California, shares with hosts, Vincent Chao, director of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan’s International Affairs Department and Rath Wang, a news producer and show host, his touching story of why he decided to run for municipal politics and why coming from Taiwan plays a significant part of that.

Chou also touches on how the Taiwanese diaspora can help raise the country’s profile in their country of residence and how their successes have put Taiwan on the map.

We also discuss the power of municipal city-to-city relations and how such interactions bring Taiwan closer to its allies across the pond.

本集「世界信賴台風眼」特別邀請周柏華（Andrew Chou），他是美國加州鑽石吧市的第一位台裔美國人市長。 加州在經濟上是美國最大的州，同時在世界上，也是最大的次國家經濟體。

周市長和主持人民進黨國際事務部主任趙怡翔，以及媒體製作人兼主持人王健智，討論市長個人的動人故事，還有為何他決定參選市長，以及一個台灣僑民如何幫忙提升國家形象、將台灣呈現在世人眼前！

我們也探討了城市間交流關係的力量，而這份互動如何將台灣跨越國界，拉近與國際友人的距離。

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