Agriculture Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following statement.
The
media is invited to
attend as Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson will
formally accept medical face masks on behalf of the State of Mississippi
that are being donated by the nation of Taiwan. This will take place on
Friday, May 15, at 12:30 p.m. at the Mississippi
Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Director
General Peter Chen of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in
Houston, Texas, will present Commissioner Gipson with a box of medical
face masks
to represent the 100,000 masks that Taiwan has donated to the state to
defend against the highly contagious COVID-19. The donated masks have
been delivered to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and
are currently in the supply chain.
“On
behalf of the State Mississippi, I want to thank Taiwan for their
generosity in providing 100,000 face masks so that our citizens and
frontline workers
have increased access to PPE to help protect against COVID-19. During
this time, we continue to hear stories of how neighbors are helping
neighbors. The State of Mississippi appreciates our ‘neighbors’ across
the globe,” said Commissioner Gipson.
For
the past year, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
has collaborated with the Mississippi Development Authority’s Trade
Office to strengthen
trade relations between Mississippi and Taiwan. Commissioner Gipson
visited Taiwan in 2019 where he met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen
to promote Mississippi’s agriculture commodities. Following the trip, a
delegation from Taiwan visited Mississippi as
part of Taiwan’s Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission. Commissioner Gipson signed letters of intent with Taiwan on behalf of the state which noted Taiwan's desire to purchase
Mississippi soybeans and corn in 2020 and 2021.
The press conference will also be livestreamed on the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce’s
Facebook page.
17 comments:
Careful now.
Is this Taiwan, as in Formosa, as in the republic of China?
Or those murderous bastards who unleashed wuhan virus on the world?
Remember, tricky dicky Nixon chose to turn our back on the nationalist Chinese in order to open the market with the communists.
Now how well did that work out?
Optics and politics!
I wouldn't know anything about any of that. I'm referring to the Republic of China, a dutifully democratic elected government.
Are these the ones that Antar sent them in February?
At least we getting help from somebody.
I realize most of your readers are geopolitical geniuses but it might be helpful to delineate between
the bad actor, not to be trusted chi-com’s and the Formosans.
Do a thorough inspection and align with the proper filtration standards. There are a lot of noncompliant masks out there.
"...the Formosans..."
Uh-oh. Are the masks susceptible to termites?
Chiang Kai-shek be spinning in his grave.
KF Just write The Republic of China. If all a person does is read your headline, then you leave the impression that China is trying to make amends.
The EU just rejected 10M masks from China, I wonder if Gibson will check these masks to N95 standards.
I see what you did KF, and I like it. There is one legitimate China.
I don't know about Chiang, but Kingfish is spinning in his office chair.
Taiwan, I have no problems with. Look at the wrapper and if it says made in China screw them Y'all better wake up to the fact they are making 80% of our drugs now. Are we stupid or what?
It is not Taiwan. It is the Republic of China, a democratically elected government. The large country across the strait is the Chinese Communist Government.
" Are these the ones that Antar sent them in February?"
I'm willing to bet, Antar didn't send anything to anyone.
That was a media stunt . . . just like his handlers telling him to grow a mini afro and dye his little beard gray while he issues orders to keep Jackson Barber Shops closed.
This little boy is more concerned with pleasing his national sponsors than trying to help the hard working Jackson business community.
How about the “Republic of China, formerly known as Taiwan”. If you don’t include the name Taiwan, people are going to immediately think the ChiComs.
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