Robert DeWitt recently retired as the principal officer in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, following a lengthy Foreign Service career with the U.S. Department of State. DeWitt also served in Addis Ababa, Beijing, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Quito, Mogadishu, Minneapolis (directing the new Passport Agency), Shanghai, Shenyang, and Washington (Consular Training at FSI). He has more than twelve years living and working in Chinese-speaking environments.