On 1 March, VMU will open its new division, Taiwan Centre – the first of its kind in the entire Eastern Europe. The occasion will be marked with a festive opening ceremony and the international scientific conference Chinese / Taiwanese Studies in Baltic States, which will begin at 9.20 a.m. that day in the VMU Small Hall (S. Daukanto g. 28).
Guests of the event include Representative of Taipei Mission in Riga ambassador Gary K. Y. Ko with delegation, President of National Taiwan University Lee Si-Chen, Dean of the College of Social Sciences in the National Cheng-Chi University Yih-chyi Chuang and researchers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the USA.
During the opening ceremony, participants will sign a memorandum of collaboration between the Taipei Mission and VMU. Guests from Taiwan will make the opening and keynote speeches of the conference.