Alliance to boost Taiwan’s space industry profileBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterLawmakers yesterday established a Trans-Pacific Aerospace Parliamentary Alliance to deepen relations with Japan and other Asia-Pacific countries to consolidate the nation’s role in the global space economy. The alliance is chaired by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱), with New Power Party Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) and Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Ann Kao (高虹安) serving as deputy chairs. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chung Chia-pin, center front, other lawmakers and guests pose for a photo at the establishment of a Trans-Pacific Aerospace Parliamentary Alliance at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei TimesThe alliance aims to foster ties with countries having advanced space technology — such as Japan, South Korea and New Zealand — or emerging space economies such as Indonesia and Malaysia, he said. While the US did not want Taiwan to develop launch rockets a few decades ago, the trend has “changed somewhat,” as the global space industry has become increasingly commercialized, Chung said.

Source: Taipei Times November 13, 2021 02:41 UTC