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...Birdy, by Hung’s founding artistic director Lai Hung-chung, is a sustained duet for Chen I-han and Lee Kuan-ling set to a rhythmic soundtrack by Hsu Chia-wei....
...Taiwan’s minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua told Nikkei in November that Taiwanese companies invested more in south-east and south Asia than in China for the first time in 2022....
...Chen Ling-yang, a magazine editor and doctoral student of Taiwanese history, was born in 1991, the year Taiwan conducted its first free national-level elections....
...Chloe (Mei Mei Macleod) uploads protest songs and music of resistance, determined to do her bit in supporting the demonstrations she believes Jonathan (Liam Lau-Fernandez) is attending....
...further information and tickets here soon Events and festivals Tin Hau Festival A celebration of the sea goddess Tin Hau at temples dedicated to her across the city — and notably the one in Cha Kwo Ling...
...This week, authorities announced an investigation into China’s national football association chief Chen Xuyuan....
...“Being a loyal ally to Xi should not be considered a sin,” argues Chen Long at Plenum, a Beijing-based consultancy....
...The CCDI said Chen was suspected of “violations of the law” but did not provide further information....
...“Guo and Zhao were already high-ranking party leaders when Xi became general secretary, and their career paths had never crossed with Xi’s in the past,” said Li Ling, a Chinese politics and law expert at...
...Ho Mei-shang, an adjunct fellow at Academia Sinica, the state scientific research academy, said Taiwan was relatively lucky to have its outbreak now: antiviral medication is available, a milder variant is...
...Finally, Mrs Chen, inventor of mapo tofu, joining us from 19th-century Chengdu....
...Chen’s story, many viewers said, reflected the party’s failure....
...Chen Mei-ling, who runs a bed and breakfast in a scenic tea-growing region in the mountains of central Taiwan, says his occupancy rates are now higher than before Taiwan closed its borders to foreign non-residents...
...“I’m not surprised Biden has emphasised democratic values by criticising China on Hong Kong or Uyghur policy because Democrats tend to emphasise values,” said Ling Chen, a China expert at Johns Hopkins University...
...But encounters with tech entrepreneurs including YouTube co-founder Steve Chen proved a powerful lure....
...By contrast, Mei-ling married Chiang Kai-shek, who fought the Japanese and the Communists and then led the defeated Nationalist forces into exile in Taiwan....
...Peter Altmaier, Germany’s business minister, wrote last week to his Taiwanese counterpart Wang Mei-hua, urging her government to intervene....
...The latest round is being led by Chen Yixin, secretary-general of the Politics and Legal Affairs Commission....
...Chen Mei, who was archiving articles on coronavirus, was detained in late April while Xie Wenfei was taken into custody after publicly raising questions about the disappearance of other journalists....
...Add for clinching measure the wonderful performances, as husband and wife, of Wang Jingchun and Yong Mei (of The Assassin)....
...Outside the fairs and museums, visitors to Taipei should not miss Lin Li Ling’s (b1965) third solo show at Caves Art Center....
...In a recent interview, Chen Mei-Ling, minister of Taiwan’s National Development Council, told Nikkei that more than 40 companies across a range of sectors have expressed a willingness to move some production...
...Ling Jihua was the de facto chief-of-staff of Mr Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao....
...Waiting for the train down, I watched Ling-Chen Huang, a tour guide from Taiwan, marshal a large party with an orange flag. “It’s very easy to come here,” she explained....
...The impeccable Chinese pair of Chen Aisen and Lin Yue won gold. Meanwhile, Ed Ling, a farmer from Somerset, won bronze in the men’s trap shooting. The gold was collected by Croatia’s Josip Glasnovic....
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