Robert DeWitt recently retired after a lengthy Foreign Service career with the U.S. Department of State as principal officer in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Also, DeWitt 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.