Given recent events in Hong Kong, it’d be political suicide for the KMT (Nationalist Party) in next month’s elections for Ma to even be in the same room with Xi right now, let alone meet Xi one-on-one,” says Sean King, senior vice president with consulting firm Park Strategies in New York and Taipei.

Sean King

Sean King is the Vice President of Park Strategies, LLC, a government and business advisory firm in New York founded by businessman, politician, and former Senator Alfonse D’Amato. As the former Senior Advisor for Asia in the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service and a business consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers in Singapore, Mr. King has years of experience with business affairs in Asia. As such, Park Strategies, LLC has charged him to develop business relationships and manage transactions with Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and China. Sean King specializes in commerce, and although he covers the entire Asia-Pacific region for Park Strategies, his focus gravitates toward Taiwan. As Vice President of Park Strategies, LLC, Sean King makes frequent appearances as a keynote speaker in international conferences and global business events. In 2007, he appeared at the Florida Business Summit at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. He was also invited to speak at the Annual Chicago Asia-Pacific Business Conference in 2006 and again in 2007. He has written several editorials on trade relations with Taiwan that have appeared in the Seoul Times, the Singapore Straits times, Taiwan Security Research, and the South China Morning Post. Sean King has an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate degree from the American University in Washington, D.C. In addition to his interest in international business and politics, he enjoys the sport of hockey.

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