Kaohsiung, Taiwan

A Tulsa Sister City Since 1980

Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second largest city, is a major industrial center with an international port ranking as the third largest container port in the world. With a population of 1.5 million, the city is the center of the country's shipbuilding, steel, and petroleum industries. Kaohsiung has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and development.

The Tulsa & Kaohsiung Sister City Partnership

The Kaohsiung partnership finds unique ways to be active in Tulsa. Recent activities include: 

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• Tulsa Deputy Mayor Michael Junk and Nick Doctor represented Tulsa at the Global Bays and Harbor Cities Forum in Kaohsiung in September 2018.

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• A Taiwan trade delegation came to Tulsa in November and visited aerospace industries, and were hosted for a reception and dinner by TGA, CCK Strategies, the University of Tulsa, and Cherokee Nation Businesses.

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• The Partnership participated in the Asian World Experience and the Asian American Festival in June at Martin Regional Library.

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Johnna Yoder, 

Kaohsiung Sister City Partnership Chair

kaohsiung@tulsaglobalalliance.org

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Cathy Izzo, 

TGA Sister City Program Coordinator and Administrator

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Vanessa Harper-Hall, 

Tulsa City Councilor 

Honorary Ambassador 

for Kaohsiung