I love listening to stories. At the first MOFA Toastmasters Forum in 2014, Professor Dr. Paul Joseph Lim, MOFA Visiting Fellow, gave a retrospective review about the relations between European Union and Taiwan in the past sexagenary cycle (甲子).
Dr. Lim started his presentation by showing the last slide of his conclusion. What if this? And what if that? It was an interesting way to arouse the interest from the audience. The Powerpoint presentation was full of heavy slides of lines of words. I didn't get intimidated, as I went through same periods in history of 50's, 60's, 70's, take EEC--6 countries, Maastricht Treaty, GATT, WTO for example.
Dr. Lim advocated that Taiwan should come out of the box, shift the mindset of mainstream cross strait relationship to avoid the zero sum game. Taiwan should take initiatives to cooperate and collaborate with European Union member county to jointly invest in the third country. The bilateral trade investment can serve as a jumping board for Taiwan to gain international recognition and to make a mark in the world map.
It was the first time I heard that ROC was pronounced as Rock, as compared with PRC. Yes, ROC rocks. I was born and brought up in ROC. Hooray, Taiwan, ROC on!
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