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Kao Hua-chu
Kao Hua-chu (; born 2 October 1946) is a retired Republic of China Army general and the incumbent Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Republic of China. He was the Minister of National Defense that appointed to the post by then Premier-designate Wu Den-yih on 9 September 2009. On 29 July 2013, Kao resigned from his post due to the death scandal of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu of the Republic of China Army during his conscription on 4 July 2013. Early life 1974 Army helicopter crash In 1974, Kao was involved in a helicopter crash in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City) with his colleagues, including Yu Hao-chang, the then-Commanding General of Army Command Headquarters. The accident involved two UH-1H helicopters crashed due to bad weather. It killed than 20 people and seriously injuring Kao, yet he still managed to carry Yu on his back while looking for help. 2009 Typhoon Morakot A month after Typhoon Morakot brought the worst flooding and mudslides to Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao (surname)
Gao () is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are approximately 16 million living people with this surname. Some places, such as Taiwan, usually romanise this family name into "Kao". In Hong Kong, it is romanized to "Ko". In Macau, it is romanized to "Kou". In English, it is romanized to "Kauh". In 2019 it was the 19th most common surname in Mainland China. The Korean surname, "Ko (Korean surname), Ko" or "Koh", is derived from and written with the same Chinese character (高). Romanisation and pronunciation Origin According to ''Lüshi Chunqiu'', the earliest figure with the Gao surname was Gao Yuan (高元) who created dwellings in antiquity. Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, was also known as Gao Yang (高陽). Another origin of Gao is the Jiang (surname 姜), Jiang (姜) surname. According to the Song dynasty encyclopedia ''Tongzhi (encyclopedia), Tongzhi'', an early ancestor was Gao Xi (高傒) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Po-teh
Tai or TAI may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Tai (comics) a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain *Tai Fraiser, a fictional character in the 1995 film '' Clueless'' *Tai Kamiya, a fictional character in ''Digimon'' Businesses and organisations * Avianca El Salvador, an airline, ICAO code TAI * The Australia Institute, a left-wing think tank * Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI), a defunct French airline * Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Ethnic groups and languages *Tai peoples *Tai languages *Tai language (New Guinea) People *Tai (given name), including a list of people with the name * Tai (surname), including a list of people with the name * Dai (surname), a Chinese surname also spelled Tai, including a list of people with the name *Tai, the artist name of poet and painter Kambara Yasushi (1899–1997) Places * Tai (city), a former settlement in China during the Xia dynasty *Tai, Ardabil, Iran * Tai, Lorestan, Iran *Tai, Rivers, Nigeria *Taï, Ivory Coast *Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hung Chung-chiu
The death of Hung Chung-chiu (; 8 September 1989 – 4 July 2013), a Republic of China (Taiwan) Army specialist in the 542nd Armor Brigade, occurred under suspicious circumstances while serving a detention sentence in a 269th Mechanized Infantry Brigade barrack during his conscription service spurred allegations of military abuse. The military investigation has led to the arrest and questioning of several officials, with the case eventually transferred to civilian prosecutors from Ministry of Justice. A court subsequently found 13 military officials guilty of various charges and handed out prison sentences of up to eight months. His death sparked the resignation of Minister of National Defense Kao Hua-chu, an apology from President Ma Ying-jeou, public protests, major reforms to Taiwan's legal system including the abolition of court martial during peacetime, and doubts over the future of Taiwan's conscription program changes. Background Biography Hung Chung-chiu was raised in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Den-yih
Wu may refer to: States and regions on modern China's territory *Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former county in Suzhou * Eastern Wu () or Sun Wu (), one of the Three Kingdoms in 184/220–280 CE * Li Zitong (, died 622), who declared a brief Wu Dynasty during the Sui–Tang interregnum in 619–620 CE * Wu (Ten Kingdoms) (), one of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period 907–960 CE * Wuyue (), another of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period 907–960 CE * Wu (region) (), a region roughly corresponding to the territory of Wuyue ** Wu Chinese (), a subgroup of Chinese languages now spoken in the Wu region ** Wuyue culture (), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region Language * Wu Chinese, a group of Sinitic languages that includes Shanghaiese People * Wu (surname) (or Woo), several diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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