Ma envisions an artists' "village" in Taipei, providing a creative hub for the city's spring arts festival. One place to draw artists from is Boston, with its Tanglewood music center.
Ma is also looking to expand student exchange programs. As it is, many students in Taipei come to the U.S. for graduate school, but Ma would like to set up formal programs in which host cities will help with students' living expenses and native cities with travel expenses.
Ma said the mayors he met with were receptive, especially fellow New York University graduate and New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
"I invited him to visit Taiwan," Ma said. "He said he probably would after the [upcoming New York Senate] election."
The quotidian worries of a city mayor don't end at lofty plans for cultural supremacy: Ma also sees the city's traffic problems as an area ripe for improvement, not to mention crime and pollution.
Communists and Artists
Ma first insisted his exchange programs were "non-political," but then thought twice as he considered a vocalist contest he had arranged in Rome for rural Chinese vocalists. PRC residents entered the contest and were set to compete.
Read more in News
Students Hit the Campaign TrailRecommended Articles
-
In Taipei, Law School Grad Beats Public Health AlumPopular incumbent and Harvard Law School graduate Ying-jeou Ma won the Taipei mayoral election decisively Saturday, positioning him to be
-
Alums Vie for Top Post in Taiwan's Capital CityA Harvard graduate is guaranteed to win the Taipei mayoral election this Saturday in a race that may have important
-
Taiwan Mayor Urges PeaceMa Yingjeo, mayor of Taipei City and Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), addressed a crowd of more than 300 in
-
Taiwan Elects HLS GradNationalist Party frontman and Harvard Law School (HLS) graduate Ma Ying-jeou is set to assume Taiwan’s top executive office in
-
HLS Grad Sworn in as Taiwan's LeaderYing-jeou Ma—a 1981 Law School graduate known as the “Teflon-man” because of his shrewd politics and his suave way with
-
Victories Come in Consolation PlayThe Harvard men’s squash team (9-6, 3-3 Ivy) sent seven players to Dartmouth this weekend for the CSA individual championships. Contrary to the Crimson’s high expectations, it found most of its victories in consolation play.
