From Island to Table: Taiwan’s Culinary Cultures and Food Diplomacy

Join the Center for Asia Pacific Studies and David Chih-Hsiang Wu, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in San Francisco, for a flavorful exploration of Taiwan through the lens of food. Discover how Taiwan’s diverse history, cultures, and development have shaped its culinary traditions, and how food has become an important expression of Taiwan’s identity and an increasingly meaningful tool of cultural diplomacy and soft power.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology.

Speaker bio: 
David Chih-Hsiang Wu is the Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in San Francisco. He has extensive experience in public affairs and governance. Prior to assuming his current position, he served as Deputy Director General of the Central Taiwan Office at Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2022-2025), Director/Deputy Counselor in the Political Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the Netherlands (2019-2022), and First Secretary in the Political Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the Netherlands (2016-2018). 

Director General Wu is a graduate of Tufts University, the University of Oxford, and National Chengchi University.