Hao Pei-chih (center), head of the Taipei Representative Office in France, witnesses the inking of a memorandum of understanding by Lu Mei-chen (left), director of the office’s education division, and Jean-François Huchet, president of the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris, Dec. 15 in the French capital. The five-year pact will establish a Taiwan Studies lecture series at the institution. (Courtesy of Taipei Representative Office in France’s education division)