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Minister Ou, Distinguished Guests, Dear Friends and AIT Colleagues – Thank you all for joining us today as we observe the 232nd anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. Today we celebrate our birthday and our democracy. During the summer of 1776, Americans meeting in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia established a new nation, the United States of America. The democratic principles enshrined in our founding documents have seen us safely through more than two centuries of great challenge and change... [Complete Text]

In celebration of the Fourth of July, the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taichung American Corner invite Taiwan youth (eight to 15 years of age) to participate in an English Summer Camp on Saturday, July 5, 2008.

This event will be held at the Taichung American Corner for aboriginal high school students and at Providence University Foreign Language Center for elementary school students. The programs aim to... [Complete Text]

Robert Dohner, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will visit Taiwan from July 6 through July 8, 2008.

While in Taiwan, Deputy Assistant Secretary Dohner will meet with... [Complete Text]

All offices of the American Institute in Taiwan will be closed Friday, July 4, 2008, in observance of the American Independence Day. This includes the Consular Section, the Commercial Section, the Agricultural Trade Office, the American Cultural Center and the AIT Kaohsiung branch office. All offices will re-open July 7 at the usual time. [Complete Text]

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Fourth of July fireworks burst above the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and U.S. Capitol in Washington. (© AP Images)
Fourth of July fireworks burst above the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and U.S. Capitol in Washington. (© AP Images)
The United States celebrates its Independence Day on July 4, a day of patriotic celebration and family events throughout the country. In the words of Founding Father John Adams, the holiday would be "the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance... It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."... [Complete Text]

Secretary Rice Visits China Secretary Rice (June 29): "We do very much have a large agenda, as is befitting the United States and China. It is a relationship that needs to work well if we are to be able to address the many challenges in international politics. And so, our discussions of the six-party talks and how to move forward on verification and monitoring so that we can get to the abandonment of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula has been a – one of our elements of our conversation and I’m sure we will have further discussion." [Complete Text | Remarks with Press]

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