Standing with state Sen. Lydia Chassaniol; Yvonne Hsiao, director general of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston; and Michelle Lu, consul, encouraging further economic ties with Taiwan, are from left, Sens. Jeremy England, Joel R. Carter Jr., Johnny DuPree, Ben Suber, Sarita Simmons, Theresa Gillespie-Isom, Chad McMahan, Tyler McCaughn, Kevin Blackwell, Chris Johnson, Chuck Younger, Kathy L. Chism, Don Hartness, Briggs Hopson and Joey Fillingane.
