ON FEBRUARY 29, DR. DENNIS HICKEY MET PRESIDENT
CHEN SHUI-BIAN OF TAIWAN. SEVERAL WEEKS
LATER, CHEN WON A RAZOR THIN VICTORY
IN HIS CAMPAIGN FOR RE-ELECTION AS PRESIDENT
IN FEBRUARY
2004, DR. HICKEY TRAVELED TO
TAIWAN TO ATTEND AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON TAIWAN'S DEFENSE REFORM.
HERE ARE SOME IMAGES
FROM HIS TEN DAYS IN TAIPEI.
ON FEBRUARY 29, DR. DENNIS HICKEY
MET PRESIDENT
CHEN SHUI-BIAN OF TAIWAN. SEVERAL WEEKS
LATER, CHEN WON A RAZOR THIN VICTORY
IN HIS CAMPAIGN FOR RE-ELECTION AS PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT CHEN DELIVERS A
SPEECH TO THE CONFERENCE
DR. HICKEY AND SOME OF THE
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS FROM
THE USA AND JAPAN. PRESIDENT CHEN
IS SEATED IN THE MIDDLE
WE HAD A GREAT TIME SHOPPING IN
TAIPEI
THE GROUNDS OF THE LATE PRESIDENT
CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S
HOME ARE NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE HOME ITSELF
WAS STILL CLOSED, BUT WILL BE OPEN IN THE FUTURE.
THE PRESIDENT WOULD STROLL IN THESE GARDENS AND MEDITATE.
PERHAPS HE WAS WONDERING WHERE HE
WENT WRONG IN CHINA.
OR PERHAPS HE WAS
PLANNING HIS RETURN?
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE LATE
PRESIDENT'S GARDEN
DR HICKEY "MEDITATING" IN
CHIANG'S GARDEN
PRESIDENT CHIANG'S HOME WAS
STILL CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
CHENG-MAY IN CHIANG'S PRIVATE
GARDEN.
SHE WAS SURPRISED TO DISCOVER TOURISTS FROM THE PRC
TOURING THE GROUNDS OF THE GENERALISSMO'S HOME.
PRC TOURISTS AT CHIANG'S
HOME
(AFTER BEING SCOLDED BY CHENG-MAY FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR)
TAIWAN WAS IN THE MIDST OF
ITS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
WE HAPPENED TO PASS BY A "BLUE TEAM" CAMPAIGN
HEADQUARTERS AND LOOKED IN TO SAY HELLO
A BLUE TEAM VOLUNTEER
A VIEW FROM THE HOTEL
WINDOW. NOTE THE BUILDING
IN THE DISTANCE. THAT IS TAIPEI 101 (THE TALLEST
BUILDING IN THE WORLD)