Taiwan's Premier Su Tseng-chang announced on Mar 18 Joseph Wu de facto envoy to the United States. Wu, who currently heads the Mainland Affairs Council, would take over from David Lee, who would be reassigned to Canada, Su told reporters.
Wu would also be the first member of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party to serve as representative to the US, as his predecessors were from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT). (Source: MediaCorpNews, Mar 18, 2007).