Taiwan’s Teen Diplomatic Envoys program sent its Western U.S. delegation to San Francisco on Aug. 28. The students in the group met with local media at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.
The visit was meant to help prepare Taiwanese teens for international engagement while strengthening cultural and diplomatic ties abroad.
Launched in 2002 by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, the Teen Diplomatic Envoys initiative—originally called the “English Seed Team”—has become one of Taiwan’s flagship youth diplomacy programs. Its mission is to cultivate international awareness and cross-cultural communication skills among Taiwanese high school and vocational students through English debate, speech, and diplomatic simulations….