Ching Hai,commonly referred to as Suma or Supreme Master Ching Hai,is a Vietnamese-born British spiritual leader of the Guanyin Famen (Chinese) or Quan Yin method transnational cybersect. The practice had existed predating the common usage of the internet. Based out of Taiwan,she is estimated to have 2 million followers worldwide. Ching Hai founded the Loving Hut vegan restaurant chain and vegan Celestial Shop fashion company under Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association.
Tanya Chua is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She launched her singing career by releasing her debut studio album Bored in 1997. She was part of the trio that sang Moments of Magic(1999),Singapore's official millennium song. Her albums,Amphibian (2005),Goodbye &Hello (2007),Sing It Out of Love (2011) and Depart (2021),each won her a Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer award.
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.
Local elections were held in Taiwan on 27 November 2010 to elect mayors,councillors,and village chiefs of special-municipalities,known as the Five Municipalities Elections. Mayoral candidates for the Kuomintang were elected in New Taipei,Taipei,and Taichung,while candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party were elected in Kaohsiung and Tainan. On the eve of the election,Sean Lien,son of former Vice President Chan Lien,was shot in face when he was campaigning for a Kuomintang New Taipei councillor candidate.
Yuei-An Liou is a Taiwanese professor at the National Central University.
Lala Hsu is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. Hsu was born in Hualien County,Taiwan,and grew up in Taichung.
The 54th Golden Horse Awards took place on November 25,2017 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei,Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee,the awards honored the best in Chinese-language films of 2016 and 2017. The ceremony was televised by TTV.
Sam Tseng is a Taiwanese television host and actor.
The Bold,the Corrupt,and the Beautiful is a 2017 Taiwanese crime drama film written and directed by Yang Ya-che,set in Taiwan in the 1980s. The film stars Kara Hui,Wu Ke-xi and Vicky Chen. It premiered on October 15,2017,at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival.
Huang Jong-tsun is a Taiwanese politician and psychologist who serves as the current President of the Examination Yuan. Prior to assuming his current role,Huang had served as President of China Medical University from 2005 to 2014 and Minister of Education from 2002 and 2004. He is the first President of the Examination Yuan not affiliated with any political party.
56th Golden Horse Awards took place on November 23,2019 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei,Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee,the awards honored the best in Chinese-language films of 2018 and 2019. The ceremony was televised by TTV.
Joseph Shu-Wei Lin is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player who plays for the New Taipei Kings of the P. League+.
Hou Chi-jan is a Taiwanese director and writer. His works are often related to historical memories.
Cosmos People is a Taiwanese band formed in 2004. The members are all graduates of Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School. Their music often uses elements of funk and dance-pop.
Fandy Fan Shao-hsun is a Taiwanese actor and model. Some of his most notable works include Crossing the Line,a popular boys' love drama,and We Are Champions,a film.
The Golden Melody Jury Award is a Golden Melody Award presented by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan,established in the 18th Golden Melody Awards in 2007 to honor an extraordinary body of work that the jury decides to be unique and exemplary. According to the Golden Melody Award,the award does not objectively judge under a set of criteria,but can only hand out the award if more than two-thirds of the jury decides to recognize the work after review and discussion. The award is not given if the jury does not meet a consensus.
Yang-Yang is a 2009 Taiwanese film directed by Cheng Yu-Chieh. It is the director’s second feature film,and also the first film in Ang Lee and Khan Lee’s Tui Shou Ji Hua . The film stars Sandrine Pinna,Chang Ruei-Jia,and Huang Chien-Wei to tell the story of a Taiwanese-French biracial girl Yang-Yang,who struggles to balance the image of a nice girl expected of her in the society and her true self longing for love.
Chen Yu-Hsun is a Taiwanese commercial director and filmmaker born in Taipei,Taiwan. He is the first director to win the three major film awards in Taiwan,including the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards,the Taipei Film Awards,and the Taiwan Film Critics Society Awards,for the same film,My Missing Valentine (2020). He is widely known for his "offbeat,distinctly Taiwanese sense of humor that permeates his works".
