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Apollo Chen
Apollo Chen, also known as Chen Shei-saint (; born 28 September 1957) is a Taiwanese journalist and politician. Education and early career Born in Taipei, Chen attended Jianguo High School, and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from National Taiwan University, followed by a master's in Chinese studies at Tamkang University. He wrote for the '' China Daily News'' and ''China Times'' and was also a television anchor on Asia Television. Political career Chen served on the Taipei City Council from 1991 to 1998. His first stint in the Legislative Yuan began the next year and lasted until 2005. Chen was the spokesman of Lien Chan's 2000 presidential campaign. In between legislative stints, he was the director of the Taoyuan County Cultural Affairs Bureau. Chen, backed by the Kuomintang, ran for the legislature again in the Taoyuan County by-election of 2010, losing to Huang Jen-shu by approximately 3,000 votes. He returned to the legislature in 2012. In 2014, Chen was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. Chen was listed 10th in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Feng Chen Chu Wei). In Cantonese, it is usually romanized as Chan (as in Jackie Chan), most widely used by those from Hong Kong. Chan is also widely used in Macao and Malaysia. It is also sometimes spelled Chun. In many Southern Min dialects (including dialects of Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan), the name is pronounced Tan, while in Teochew, it is pronounced Tang. In Hakka and Taishanese, the name is spelled Chin. In Wu it is pronounced Zen or Tchen. In Vietnam, this surname is written as Trần (in Quốc Ngữ) and is 2nd most common. In Thailand, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei City Council
Taipei City Council () is the city council of Taipei, Taiwan. One of the largest local councils in Taiwan, the city council is currently composed of 63 councillors, all elected lately in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections. Composition The Kuomintang, gaining 1 seat after the 2018 Taiwanese local elections, maintained its status as the largest party in the city council, but falling short of an overall majority. The Democratic Progressive Party, although still being the largest opposition party in the council, lost 8 seats in the election. New Party and People First Party, members of the conventional pan-Blue coalition, won 2 seats each. Smaller parties, including New Power Party, Social Democratic Party and Can't Stop This Party, won 3 seats in total. All standing as an independent, 7 candidates were elected to the city council. Since the local elections in 2018, the Council was composed as follows: History First building The Council was formed in 1946 after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheng Wen-tsan
Cheng Wen-tsan (; born 6 July 1967) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the first and incumbent Mayor of the newly established Taoyuan City, having served since 25 December 2014. Education Cheng received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Sociology and master's degree from the Graduate Institute of National Development of National Taiwan University. Early political career Cheng played a key role in the Wild Lily student movement. In the early 2000s Cheng worked for the Democratic Progressive Party's Information and Culture Department. From January 2006, he served as minister of the Government Information Office as part of the first cabinet led by Su Tseng-chang. Cheng resigned from the GIO in April 2007, after vice premier Tsai Ing-wen concluded an investigation into Cheng's influence during a sale of shares in a media company. 2009 Taoyuan County Magistrate election Cheng joined the 2009 Taoyuan County magistrate election under the Democratic Progressive Party banner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of The Kuomintang
An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a king or saint. Emblems vs. symbols Although the words ''emblem'' and ''symbol'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a deity, a tribe or nation, or a virtue or vice. An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or patch. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal cockle shell, the emblem of St. James the Apostle, sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: St. Catherine h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Candidate Icon (TW)
Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independents (Oporto artist group), a Portuguese artist group historically linked to abstract art and to Fernando Lanhas, the central figure of Portuguese abstractionism Music Groups, labels, and genres * Independent music, a number of genres associated with independent labels * Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label * Independent Albums, American albums chart Albums * ''Independent'' (Ai album), 2012 * ''Independent'' (Faze album), 2006 * ''Independent'' (Sacred Reich album), 1993 Songs * "Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie * "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from '' H'' News and media organizations * ''The Independent'', a British online newspaper. * ''The Malta Independent'', a Maltese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taoyuan Map
Taoyuan may refer to: Mainland China * Taoyuan County (桃源县), county of Changde, Hunan * Taoyuan Subdistrict (other) ;Towns Written as "桃園镇": * Taoyuan, Rugao, Jiangsu * Taoyuan, Xuzhou, in Suining County, Jiangsu * Taoyuan, Feicheng, Shandong Written as "桃源镇": * Taoyuan, Fujian, in Datian County * Taoyuan, Dabu County, Guangdong * Taoyuan, Jiangmen, in Heshan, Guangdong * Taoyuan, Suzhou, in Wujiang, Jiangsu Taiwan * Taoyuan, Taiwan (桃園市), special municipality, formerly known as Taoyuan County (桃園縣) * Taoyuan District (桃園區), urban district of Taoyuan City, formerly itself known as Taoyuan City * Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung (桃源區), rural district of Kaohsiung City * Taoyuan International Airport , the main international airport in Taiwan See also * Taoyuan Air Base, a former Republic of China Air Force base * Tao Yuan (other) * Taiyuan Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taoyuan City
Taoyuan () is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan District is the seat of the municipal government and which, along with Zhongli District, forms a large Taoyuan–Zhongli metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Taoyuan developed from a satellite city of Taipei metropolitan area to become the List of metropolitan areas in Taiwan, fourth-largest metropolitan area, and fifth-largest populated city in Taiwan. "Taoyuan" literally means "peach garden" in Chinese, since the area used to have many peach trees. Formerly Counties of Taiwan, a county, Taoyuan became the most recent special municipality in 2014. Taoyuan City is home to many industrial parks and tech company headquarters. Due to the city's proximity to Taipei, and the lower cost of livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hsin
Lee Hsin (; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician who served on the Taipei City Council from 1998 to his death in 2017. He could speak fluent Mandarin Chinese and Hokkien. Political career In 1993, he followed Yok Mu-ming from the Kuomintang to the New Party. In 1996, Lee was elected to the National Assembly. Lee joined the 2006 campaign led by Shih Ming-teh which attempted to force the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian. In 2008, he rejoined to the Kuomintang. In 2015, Lee expressed interest in running for the Kuomintang chairmanship, but his candidacy, and that of four others, was rejected. 2016 KMT chairmanship election The next year, he launched another bid for the party leadership, finishing third in a field of four candidates with 7,604 votes. He was a member of both the New Party and People First Party, and later joined the Kuomintang. Personal life Death On 28 September 2017, Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Min-hui
Huang Min-hui (; ) is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. Her tenure as vice chairperson of the Kuomintang (2008–16) overlapped with two terms as Mayor of Chiayi City (2005–14). Education Huang received her bachelor's degree in Chinese literature from National Taiwan Normal University and her master's degree in business administration from National Chiayi University. Chiayi City Mayorship 2005 Chiayi City mayor election Huang was elected as the Mayor of Chiayi City on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005. 2009 Chiayi City mayor election She was elected to her second mayoral term on 5 December 2009 and took office on 20 December 2009. 2018 Chiayi City mayor election Huang announced her candidacy for the Chiayi mayoral primary in January 2018. Kuomintang Huang Min-hui was appointed acting chairperson of the KMT on 18 January 2016 after Eric Chu Eric Chu Li-luan (; born on 7 June 1961) is a Taiwanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Kuomintang Chairmanship Election
The 2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election () was held on 26 March 2016 in Taiwan. This was the seventh direct election of the party leader in Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote. History The party leadership by-election was called after Kuomintang presidential candidate Eric Chu lost the 2016 election to Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tsai Ing-wen. Chu, who had been elected as KMT leader a year prior, subsequently resigned his post. On 21 January, a day after Hung Hsiu-chu announced her candidacy, Hau Lung-pin declared his interest in the position. Apollo Chen, Chung Hsiao-ping, and Lee Hsin also joined the race, as did New Party chairman Yok Mu-ming, whom the KMT immediately declared ineligible. The registration period for the election began on 26 January. Lee Hsin became the first to complete the process. Yok Mu-ming did not file his proposed candidacy, as he had been barred from doing so by the KMT the previous da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hung Hsiu-chu
Hung Hsiu-chu (; born 7 April 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), she has served the party as a Deputy Chairperson and Deputy Secretary-General. Hung was first elected to the legislature in 1990, and was the Vice President of the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2016, her eighth term. She became the first female deputy speaker of the Legislative Yuan. She became the Kuomintang's first elected chairwoman later that year, serving until June 2017. Having a political background in the field of education, she has focused much of legislative tenure on the quality of, and access to, higher education in Taiwan. Known as "xiao la jiao" or "little hot pepper" for her straight-talking style, she is often compared to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The Kuomintang nominated Hung as the party's presidential candidate for the 2016 elections on 19 July 2015, a month after she had won the party's primary election. Her public support remained low, and she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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