Kiku Chen Chu is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Control Yuan and Chair of the National Human Rights Commission since 2020. Before assuming her current post,Chen had served as Secretary-General to the President from 2018 to 2020 and Mayor of Kaohsiung from 2006 to 2018,making her the longest-serving mayor of the city since the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.
The Chien-Cheng Circle or Taipei Circle is a public plaza in Datong District,Taipei,Taiwan. Formerly it was a traffic circle,and the area used to host a bustling night market.
Yuei-An Liou is a Taiwanese professor at the National Central University.
National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) is a national research university located in Hualien,Taiwan. Established in 1994,NDHU is widely ranked as Top 10% university in Taiwan by THE,QS,U.S. News,which offers sixth widest range of disciplines in Taiwan,including the sciences,engineering,computer science,environmental studies,oceanography,law,arts,design,humanities,anthropology,social sciences,education sciences,music,and business.
Megan Lai is a Taiwanese actress and singer who is best known for Bromance,Miss Rose,Meteor Garden II and Mars.
Dancing Forever World Tour was the second concert tour by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It started on September 15,2006,at Hong Kong Coliseum and continued throughout Asia,Australia,and the United States before concluding on February 8,2009,in Uncasville at Mohegan Sun Arena. It grossed NT$1 billion from 28 shows and 500,000 attendance.
The 2016 Taoyuan bus fire occurred on the ROC National Road No. 2,in the 2nd Taoyuan City Great Park section. The bus that was involved was carrying Chinese tourists. At 12:57 on July 19,2016,on State Road at the 2nd West Park section,a bus operated by Red Coral Bus Team,with the license plate number 197-EE,having driven to within 4.2 km of Taoyuan airport,suddenly became on fire and started burning. The bus continued forwards for 2.9 km until it collided with a guardrail on the left side. After the driver swerved the bus to the right,it then collided with the right guardrail,after which tourists on the bus from Dalian walked to the back door to escape,but the door was jammed by the guardrail broken in the crash and could only open 10 cm wide,making escape impossible. Afterwards,a gravel truck driver saw the fire and quickly notified a policeman surnamed Lin. Together,they attempted a rescue by breaking the bus windows but were not successful,and eventually the entire bus was consumed by the blaze,causing all 26 passengers to die. This was the most serious bus accident in Taiwan that occurred in 2016,and also the most serious one since the 2010 Suhua Highway bus accident. BBC,The Guardian,the Wall Street Journal,NHK,Yomiuri Shimbun,CNN,the Daily Mirror,and various international media have made reports. An investigation by the Taoyuan District Prosecutor's Office found out that the bus driver had purposefully crashed after dousing the bus with gasoline and lighting it on fire.
Flo Tsai Huang-ru is a Taiwanese actress,singer and television host. She made her television debut as a host of the long-running video gaming show GameGX. She has since appeared in several films and television series,including K Song Lover (2013),Crime Scene Investigation Center (2015),Back to 1989 (2016),The Masked Lover (2017) and Young Days No Fears (2020).
Wang Shih-hsien is a Taiwanese singer and actor.
Sam Tseng is a Taiwanese television host and actor.
Kuai Kuai culture is a phenomenon in Taiwan wherein people put snacks of the brand Kuai Kuai (乖乖) next to or on top of machines. People who do this believe that,because the name of the snack—"Kuai Kuai"—stands for "obedient" or "well-behaved," it will make a device function without errors. As such,it can be commonly found in myriad places of work in Taiwanese society. A rigid set of best practices has arisen surrounding the proper use of Kuai Kuai snacks,such as using green bags only,and ensuring the snacks are not expired.
National Fongshan Senior Commercial &Industrial Vocational School (FSVS) is a National vocational high school with departments ranging from machine,design to business management. It also opens PE departments and comprehensive vocational department. There are currently eight departments that make up sixty five classes in the day time and twelve others in the night time,both sum up nearly 3000 registered students.
The 2018 Taiwanese municipal elections for both mayoral and magisterial candidates were held on 24 November 2018,as part of the larger local elections in Taiwan.
Kolas Yotaka,Han Chinese name Yeh Kuan-lin,is an Amis Taiwanese politician and journalist. Since 2020,she has served as spokesperson for the Office of the President under Tsai Ing-wen. Kolas previously served as spokesperson for the Executive Yuan in 2018,the first Taiwanese aboriginal to hold the position.
Nantou County legislative districts consist of 2 single-member constituencies,each represented by a member of the Republic of China Legislative Yuan.
Hsin-Chien Huang is an artist and director working in mixed media. Science,technology,new media,programming,and algorithms are tools he uses to bring the universe of his imagination to life. He served as artistic director for SEGA and Sony. Huang collaborated with pioneering American media artist Laurie Anderson on their VR work La Camera Insabbiata/Chalkroom which won the Best VR experience Award at the 74th Venice International Film Festival(it was the first edition of the festival that introduced its virtual-reality section);he also designed her 1995 CD-ROM,Puppet Motel. His work Bodyless was also nominated in the 76th of the festival. In 2011，Huang received the "Pride of Taiwan" honor from president of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou.
Sophie Chang is a Taiwanese philanthropist,author and painter. She is chairperson of the TSMC Charity Foundation,chairperson of the Weiyi Social Welfare Charity Foundation,director of the Dunan Foundation and director of the Modern Women's Foundation. Chang met with the Dalai Lama in 2007,and has shaped her work according to his teachings.
Revolution of Our Times is a 2021 Hong Kong documentary film directed by Kiwi Chow. With interviews and footage of the frontline protest scenes,the film covers the stories of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. The documentary takes its name from a locally well-known political slogan "liberate Hong Kong,revolution of our times" which has been ruled as illegal by the Hong Kong High Court. The film had its debut in the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in France and is currently banned in China and Hong Kong.
Huang Hong-cheng is a Taiwanese performance artist,a social activist and a perennial candidate in Taiwanese elections. Born Huang Hong-cheng（黃宏成）,he has been well-known for renaming himself multiple times. He is currently known as 黃宏成台灣阿成世界偉人財神總統. He once had the longest name in Taiwan,but the record was broken by a YouTuber,who changed his name in June 2020.
