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Xu (surname 徐)
Xu () is a Chinese surname, Chinese-language surname. In the Wade-Giles system of Romanization of Chinese, romanization, it is spelled as "Hsu", which is commonly used in Taiwan. It is different from Xu (surname 許), represented by a different character. Variations in other Chinese varieties and languages In Wu Chinese including Shanghainese, the surname 徐 is transcribed as Zee, as seen in the historical place name Zikawei in Shanghai (Xujiahui in Pinyin). In Gan Chinese, it can be spelled Hi or Hé. In Cantonese, 徐 is often transcribed as Tsui, T'sui, Choi, Chui or even Tsua. In modern Vietnamese language, Vietnamese, the character 徐 is written Từ and Sy when migrating to the English-speaking World, particularly the United States. Other spellings include Hee and Hu. In Japanese language, Japanese, the surname 徐 is transliterated as Omomuro (kunyomi) or Jo (onyomi or Sino-Japanese). In Korean, 徐 is romanized as Seo in the Revised Romanization of Korean and writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use, but the great proportion of Han Chinese people use only a relatively small number of these surnames; 19 surnames are used by around half of the Han Chinese people, while 100 surnames are used by around 87% of the population. A report in 2019 gives the most common Chinese surnames as Wang and Li, each shared by over 100 million people in China. The remaining top ten most common Chinese surnames are Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Huang, Zhao, Wu and Zhou. Two distinct types of Chinese surnames existed in ancient China, namely ''xing'' () ancestral clan names and ''shi'' () branch lineage names. Later, the two terms began to be used i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island around 6,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Construction Commission
The Public Construction Commission (PCC; ) is an independent government agency of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) which is responsible for planning, reviewing, coordination, and supervision of public construction projects such as roads, bridges, highways in Taiwan. The agency follows national goals such as sustainability, high-quality, efficient, reliable and competitive national infrastructure. History The agency was established in 1995 to oversee public works in Taiwan. Administrative structure The agency is organized into the following departments. *Department of Planning *Department of Technology *Department of Technology Management *Secretariat *Personnel Office *Accounting Office *Legal Affairs Committee *Petitions and Appeals Committee *Complaint Review Board for Government Procurement *Engineering Technique Corroboration Committee *Professional Engineers Disciplinary Retrial Committee *Central Procurement Supervision Unit *Congressional Liaison Unit * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsu Chun-yat
Hsu Chun-yat or Jack Hsu () is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Public Construction Commission from July 2014 until May 2016. Education Hsu obtained his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from National Cheng Kung University and master's degree in transportation engineering from Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. Political career Prior to his appointment as deputy minister of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Hsu was the Director-General of the Railway Reconstruction Bureau of the MOTC on 21 July 2008 until August 2012. ROC Transportation and Communications Deputy Ministry Taoyuan International Airport MRT delay In May 2013, due to the continuing delay of Taoyuan International Airport MRT completion and the resignation of Chu Shu, former Bureau of High Speed Rail director-general, Hsu was assigned to oversee the operation of the bureau. See also * Transportation in Taiwan Transport (in British English), or transportatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Vice Premiers Of The Republic Of China
The Vice Premier of the Republic of China () serves as the deputy to the premier and is appointed by the president, on the recommendation of the Premier. The title of vice premier had been changed several times, so this list is divided into several sections. This includes both vice premiers of the Republic of China before 1949, when the seat of government was in Mainland China, and vice premiers since 1949, when the seat of government was relocated to Taiwan. List Vice presidents of Executive Yuan of the National Government (1928–1948) Vice presidents of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (1948–present) See also * List of premiers of the Republic of China * List of presidents of the Republic of China This is a list of the President of the Republic of China, presidents of the Republic of China. The Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China controlled Mainland China before 1949. In the fall of 1949, the ROC government Retreat of th ... * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsu Ching-chung
Hsu Ching-chung (; 19 July 1907 – 13 March 1996) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1972 to 1981. And Acting Premier of the Republic of China in 1978 Early life Born in Taipei in 1907, Hsu was of Hakka ancestry from Jiaoling, Meizhou, Guangdong, China. He graduated from Taihoku Imperial University. Political careers Hsu was the Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ... in 1966–1972 and Vice Premier in 1972–1981. Death Hsu died in 1996. References Taiwanese Ministers of the Interior 1907 births 1996 deaths Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent People from Jiaoling Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan National Taiwan University alumni {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of County Magistrates Of Hualien
The magistrate of Hualien County, Hualien is the chief executive of the government of Hualien County in Taiwan. This list includes directly elected magistrates of the county. The incumbent Magistrate of the county is Hsu Chen-wei of Kuomintang since 25 December 2018. Directly elected County Magistrates Timeline References External links Magistrates - Hualien County Government {{The current heads of the local government in ROC (Taiwan) Magistrates of Hualien County, Lists of magistrates of places in Taiwan, Hualien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsu Chen-wei
Hsu Chen-wei (; born 12 October 1968) is a Taiwanese politician. She is the incumbent Magistrate of Hualien County since 25 December 2018. Political careers Publicly known as the wife of former Hualien County Magistrate Fu Kun-chi, Hsu was appointed as the chairperson of Hualien China Youth Corps () during the first term of Fu as magistrate. She was then later appointed as the captain of Hualien's Community Patrol () and subsequently the head of National Women's League (). 2014 Hualien County magistrate election Hsu participated in the 2014 Hualien County magistrate election on 29 November 2014 as an independent candidate finishing in 4th place, losing to her own husband Fu Kun-chi Fu Kun-chi (; born 8 May 1962) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2009, when he assumed the Hualien County magistracy. In September 2018, Fu was removed from the latter office, as the Supreme Court is .... This election was the first time in the histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsu Cheng-kuang
Hsu Cheng-kuang (; born 16 February 1943) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission (MTAC) of the Executive Yuan in 2000–2002. MTAC Ministry Dalai Lama visit to Taiwan Commenting on the upcoming visit by Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso to Taiwan in October 2000, Hsu said that the visit will be in his capacity of a noted international religious leader at the invitation of a local civilian organization. He added that the MTAC would concentrate on cultural, economic and academic exchanges affairs rather than political affairs towards Tibet. ROC-CTA relations In April 2001, Hsu said that the ROC government would improve relations with the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) government despite the fact that Tibet is still technically part of the Republic of China. Although there have been many misunderstandings between ROC and CTA due to history and lack of proper channel between the two sides, Hsu said that the MTAC would improve co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Hsu
Stephen Dao Hui Hsu (born 1966) is an American physicist, who has previously worked as a tech executive and a university administrator. Early life and education Hsu was born and raised in Ames, Iowa. His father Cheng Ting Hsu (1923–1996), who was born in Wenling, Zhejiang, in what was then the Republic of China, was a professor of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University in Ames from 1958 to 1989. Stephen Hsu's mother was also originally from China, and Hsu had a grandfather who served as a general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Chinese Kuomintang government. At age 12, Hsu took his first college course, in computer science, and he took physics and mathematics courses at Iowa State while attending Ames High School. Hsu received a B.S. from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1986 at age 19, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991. After his doctorate, he was a Harvard Junior Fellow and Superconducting Super Collider F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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