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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TGA Sister City Chair
for Kaohsiung
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TGA Sister City Program Coordinator and Administrator
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Vanessa Harper-Hall,
Tulsa City Councilor
Honorary Ambassador
for Kaohsiung