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Charles Chiang (CEO)
Charles Chiang (; born 2 August 1943) is a Taiwanese banker and politician. Education Chiang graduated from Tunghai University with a bachelor's degree in economics and earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in economics from Middle Tennessee State University in the United States. Career Prior to his first legislative campaign in 2001, Chiang worked as a supervisor at First Commercial Bank. Bank chairman Jerome Chen was indicted in March 2001 of breach of trust, as Chen was found to have used bank resources in support of Chiang's campaign. Due to the controversy, Chiang resigned his role as a government advisor. On 23 September 2001, Chiang claimed to receive a faxed confession signed by Chang Chao-chuan, admitting to electoral fraud during the 2000 presidential election. After sending the evidence to the Ministry of Justice, Chiang filed suit against the Kuomintang in October. In his first term as legislator, Chiang joined an "anti-betrayal alliance," which later became the Alli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Chieng
Charles Sigfred Chieng (27 June 1954 – 29 May 2025) was a Micronesian politician who served as the ninth governor of Yap from 2023 until his death in 2025. Biography Chieng studied political science at the University of Guam. He obtained a bachelors in political science and a bachelors in secondary education from the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas. He has a masters degree in regional planning. Chieng ran in the 2022 election for governor of Yap State against the incumbent governor Jesse Salalu and former Cabinet official James Gartamag Lukan. Chieng won the three-way election with a 44.2% plurality Plurality may refer to: Law and politics * Plurality decision, in a decision by a multi-member court, an opinion held by more judges than any other but not by an overall majority * Plurality (voting), when a candidate or proposition polls more ... of the vote corresponding to 1,630 votes. References External links Yap - Legal Information System of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Chin-hsing
Peter Lin or Lin Chin-hsing () is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008, and faced legal action throughout his time in office, which twice led to his expulsion from the Democratic Progressive Party. Lin was a DPP candidate for Kaohsiung City Council in the 2014 Taiwanese local elections, but was not elected. Education and early career Lin graduated from Kaohsiung Medical University with a Bachelor of Medicine (B.M.) and a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.), then completed graduate studies in the United States at Yale University, where he earned a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Yale School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in computer science and then his Ph.D. in public health in 1999 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His doctoral dissertation, completed under professor Donald Steinwachs, was titled, "The difficulties of implementing el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani. * January 10 – WWII: Guadalcanal campaign, Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces of the 2nd Marine Division and the 25th Infantry Division (United States), 25th Infantry Division begin their assaults on the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse#Galloping Horse, Galloping Horse and Sea Horse on Guadalcanal. Meanwhile, the Japanese Seventeenth Army (Japan), 17th Army makes plans to abandon the island and after fierce resistance withdraws to the west coast of Guadalcanal. * January 11 ** The United States and United Kingdom revise previously unequal treaty relationships with the Republic of China (1912–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsiao Ching-tien
Xiao may refer to: * Filial piety (), or "being good to parents", a virtue in Chinese culture * Xiao (flute) (), a Chinese end-blown flute * Xiao (rank) (), a rank used for field officers in the Chinese military * Xiao County (), in Anhui, China * Xiao Mountain (), a range of mountains in Henan, China, or the surrounding Xiao region * Xiao River (), a tributary of the Xiang River, in Hunan, China * Xiao (mythology) (), certain legendary creatures in Chinese mythology * Ling Xiaoyu, a character from the ''Tekken'' video game series, also known as Xiao * Xiao, a character in 2020 video game ''Genshin Impact'' People * Xiao (surname), a Chinese surname sometimes also romanized as Hsiao, Siaw, Siew, Siow, Seow, Siu or Sui * Duke Xiao of Qin, Chinese ruler of the state of Qin * Prince Xiao of Liang, the posthumous title of Liu Wu, younger brother of the Han emperor Jing * Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang (1613–1688), empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty * Xiao Guodong (born 1989), Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsiao Bi-khim
Hsiao Bi-khim (born Bi-khim Louise Hsiao; 7 August 1971) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat who has been the 13th and current vice president of the Republic of China since 2024, serving under President Lai Ching-te. She is Taiwan's first biracial vice president. She was the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, Taiwanese representative to the United States from 2020 to 2023, and formerly served as a legislator of the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and again between 2012 and 2020. Born in Kōbe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, to a Taiwanese father and an American mother, Hsiao grew up in Tainan, Taiwan, before moving to the United States, where she graduated from Oberlin College and earned a master's degree in political science from Columbia University. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), she is an important figure in the party's foreign policy circles. She formerly served as a vice president of Liberal International. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wei Ming-ku
Wei Ming-ku (; born 18 March 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2012 until 2014, when he was elected Magistrate of Changhua County Changhua (Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴'') is a Taiwanese County (Taiwan), county that is the smallest on the Geography of Taiwan, main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest in the country. With a total population of 1.24 million, Chan .... Education Wei received his bachelor's degree in business from National Taichung University of Science and Technology and master's degree in business management from Dayeh University. Magistrate of Changhua County 2014 Changhua County magistrate election Wei won the 2014 Changhua County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014. 2016 Japan visit In August–September 2016, Wei led a business delegation to Japan to promote trade and investment in Changhua County. He also studied the development of the Abeno-ku area. 2018 Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Pan–Blue Visits To Mainland China
The 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China were a series of visits by delegations of the Kuomintang (KMT) and their allied Pan-Blue Coalition to mainland China. They were hailed as the highest level of exchange between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang since Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong met in Chongqing, China on August 28, 1945. On March 28, 2005, the Kuomintang's vice chairman Chiang Pin-kung led a delegation in the first official visit to mainland China by a senior leader of the Kuomintang in 60 years. Later, on April 26, 2005, a 70-member delegation led by the Kuomintang's chairman Lien Chan left Taipei for the ROC's ''de jure'' capital of Nanjing via Hong Kong, launching Lien's 8-day Taiwan Strait peace tour; also the first such visit to mainland China in 60 years. While in mainland China, Lien met with General Secretary Hu Jintao and expressed interest in improving cross-strait dialogues. Both also re-affirmed a belief in the " One China principle", wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lien Chan
Lien Chan ( zh, t=連戰, w=, p=, poj=; born August 27, 1936) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. He was the chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government from 1990 to 1993, premier of the Republic of China from 1993 to 1997, vice president of the Republic of China from 1996 to 2000, and was the chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 2000 to 2005, apart from various ministerial posts he had also held. After graduating from National Taiwan University, Lien earned a master's degree and his PhD from the University of Chicago in the United States. He ran for the President of the Republic of China on behalf of the Kuomintang twice in 2000 and 2004, but both lost to Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party. Upon his retirement as KMT Chairman in August 2005, he was given the title Honorary Chairman of the KMT. Lien is highly credited after holding a 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, groundbreaking visit to mainland China in his capacity as the Chairman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Traditional Chinese: 臺灣桃園國際機場) is the main international airport serving Taiwan, particularly the northern region and Taipei. Located in Dayuan District, Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taoyuan, approximately west of Taipei, the airport is the busiest and largest in Taiwan. In 2016, it was ranked the best airport for its size in the Asia-Pacific region by Airports Council International. The airport opened for commercial operations in 1979 as Chiang Kai-shek International Airport () and was renamed in 2006. It is an important regional transshipment center, passenger hub, and gateway for destinations in Asia, and is one of two international airports that serve Taipei. The other, Taipei Songshan Airport, is located within the city limits and served as Taipei's only international airport until 1979. Songshan now mainly serves chartered flights, intra-island flights, and limited international flights. In 2018, Taoyuan International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su Tseng-chang
Su Tseng-chang ( zh, t=蘇貞昌, poj=So͘ Cheng-chhiong, p=Sū Zhēnchāng; born 28 July 1948) is a Taiwanese politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2019 to 2023. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. Su served as Chief of Staff to President Chen Shui-bian in 2004.About Executive Yuan: Premier , '', Republic of China (Taiwan)'', Updated 2006-02-24 He is currently the longest-serving Democratic Progressive premier in history. Su actively campaigned for the DPP presidential nomination in 2008, but finished second to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebar (Taiwan)
The Rebar Group (Rebar; ) is a large corporation involved in domestic textiles, construction, hotel/real estate, retail services, vehicle/building insurance, banking, and media in Taiwan. History The company started out in the 1960s as a reinforcement bar manufacturer, hence its name. The corporation recently gained large shares of the Taiwanese cable media as OmniMedia (東森) TV Corp and also mobile telephone business as Asia Pacific Telecom Group (亞太) in the late 1990s. Towards the end of 2006 Rebar was encountering serious difficulties following years of allegedly hiding financial problems with bad loans from The Chinese Bank. The CEO and founder, Wang You-theng (王又曾) is alleged to have engaged in insider trading and embezzlement in connection to this, and fled Taiwan on 30 December 2006, days before prosecutors began their investigation. You-theng was detained in the U.S. and was wanted by Taiwanese prosecutors for allegedly embezzling NT$60 billion (US$1.8 billi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
