Taiwanese Business Heroes in Southeast Asia

In support of Taiwan’s long-standing trade focus on Southeast Asia, recently reemphasized with the New Southbound Policy, Taiwan Panorama’s Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese editions, which began publication in December 2015, not only include in-depth depictions of life and culture in Taiwan, but also of the Southeast Asian communities living here, and the governmental and non-governmental organizations that serve them. Our reporting encourages cultural sharing and exchanges, helps Southeast-Asian nations better understand Taiwan, deepens our mutually beneficial interactions, encourages harmonious relations, and raises the profile of the Republic of China on Taiwan.

In this feature, we profile the leaders of the Taiwanese chambers of commerce in Indonesia (Chou ­Tsung-ho), Thailand (Liu Shu-tien) and Vietnam (Henry ­Hsieh), all of whom have worked very hard to establish and grow their businesses in Southeast Asia. Their companies’ histories, their personal entrepreneurial experience, and their service and contributions to their peers in the Taiwanese business community, make for fascinating reading. All three men have helped spread prosperity and build bridges of friendship between Taiwan and the nations of Southeast Asia, where their extensive and ongoing hard work has made them models of excellence for other Taiwanese.