[Epoch Times September 2, 2025](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Lu Xi Houston) On August 30 (Saturday), the “Taiwan Day” event held at Dakin Park, Houston Astros home stadium, attracted more than 800 people to participate, becoming the most eye-catching picture on the field that day. The event was sponsored by the Taiwan Association of Hometowns and co-organized by the Houston Taiwan Youth Chamber of Commerce (TJCCGH), and sponsored by EVA Air, Jincheng Bank and Formosa Plastics. Director of the Chronicle Department Xiao Yifang and Director of the Overseas Chinese Education Center Wang Yingrong and other colleagues participated. The scene was full of enthusiastic overseas Chinese from Houston, Dallas, Austin and other places.
During the event, Wu Yaoming, deputy general manager of Formosa Plastics Dezhou Factory, drove from Port Lavaca for nearly two hours to participate and cheered for Taiwan. At the same time, more than 200 Formosa Plastics employees participated in the group. In addition, EVA Air Houston General Director Zhang Jinghua said that EVA Air is committed to sports development and is a sponsor of the Houston Rockets and the San Francisco Giants. The atmosphere of the event was warm, with hundreds of people wearing white “Taiwan Day” to commemorate T-shirt, which was particularly conspicuous. The biggest lucky winner of the Lu Jing cabin air ticket that day was Zhang Yuanli, former president of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce.
Chen Diyuan, founding president of the Taiwan Youth Chamber of Commerce, shared his experience of the event on Facebook and expressed his gratitude to more than 800 friends who love Taiwan for participating, making the stadium full of familiar Taiwanese flavor, and looking forward to meeting again next year.
In addition, another “Taiwan Day” event was held at Global Life Field in Arlington on August 26. The Los Angeles Angels vs. Texas Rangers attracted more than 500 Taiwanese villagers and fans all over the audience. The event was organized by the North Texas Gollin County Taiwan Chamber of Commerce (NTCCTCC), providing a variety of small gifts and lottery products, including EVA air tickets and baseball gloves signed by President Lai Ching-te. Among the participants, many came specially from the Dafoe area, Austin and Oklahoma City, carrying national flags and creative support. The enthusiasm on the scene made people feel the power of cultural exchange.
Xiao Yifang, Director of the Chronicle Department, and Wang Yingrong, Director of the Overseas Chinese Education Center, drove north from Houston to participate, feeling relieved of the success of the two events. Xiao Yifang said that these two events have attracted widespread attention and hopes to achieve the effect of “flowering everywhere” across the United States. Although Texas is the first to be held, the atmosphere of the event and the enthusiasm of the participants are exciting.
Xiao Yifang mentioned that several huge national flags were pulled up during Arlington’s activities, attracting many American friends to take photos as a souvenir, showing the community’s emphasis on cultural activities and its interaction with the mainstream local society. In the future, Xiao Yifang hopes to establish more connections with American society and cooperate with overseas Chinese groups to do better activities. She was very moved by the active participation of the associations from Taiwan, which echoed Minister Lin Jialong’s statement that “everyone is a diplomat”. Promoting cultural exchanges is not only the official responsibility, but also the joint efforts of the community.
In addition, seeing many young people driving to participate from Dallas and Texas A&M University, Xiao Yifang expressed his gratitude and looked forward to holding more activities that meet the interests of young people in the future, such as sports activities, to attract their participation. Overall, Xiao Yifang said that this event is not only a cultural event, but also a reflection of community cohesion. He hopes to continue to develop in the future, so that more people can participate and enjoy such a cultural feast.
The Taiwan Day event started with the “Metropolis Taiwan Day” in 2005. At that time, because the Mets’ home court Citi Field was very close to Queens, Flushing was called “Little Taipei”. The Mets hoped to narrow the distance with local Taiwanese residents through the “Taiwan Day” event and promote baseball culture to more ethnic groups in the world. After that, it started in major cities. In the past, Metropolitan Taiwan Day also invited celebrities to serve as kickoff guests, such as internationally renowned director Ang Lee, Nobel Prize winner Li Yuanzhe, and Taiwanese baseball player Peng Zhengmin.
Editor-in-charge: Wang Zi
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