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Hello Hor
Hello Hor Lung (; born 3 April 1994) is a Taiwanese stand-up comedian. He began his career with live comedy shows at the Live Comedy Club Taipei in 2014, and joined STR Network in 2018, becoming a writer and guest host of the network's flagship show ''The Night Night Show with Brian Tseng'' (2018–2020), which received over 10 million views on average per season. In 2023, Hor took over as the lead host of the show, rebranding it as ''The Night Night Show with Hello'' (2023–present). Early life and education Hor was born on 3 April 1994 in Taipei, Taiwan. His father is Hong Konger, and his mother is Taiwanese. He grew up in Taipei, and studied at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, where he joined the school's recreational guidance association and was introduced to comedy. He later attended National Chengchi University to study economics. At the age of 20, he began performing as a stand-up comedian at during his sophomore year. He also serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. The city of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,646,204 (2019), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or just the city itself. Taipei has been the seat of the ROC central governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan People's Party
The Taiwan People's Party is a political party in Taiwan, formally established on 6 August 2019 by Ko Wen-je, who serves as its first and current chairman. Application process The party was proposed in August 2019 by Mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je, for the Ministry of the Interior's approval as one of Taiwan's legal political parties. It is named after Japanese Taiwan era political activist Chiang Wei-shui's Taiwanese People's Party, which was formed in 1927 as Taiwan's first political party. The newly formed Taiwan People's Party conducted its founding assembly on 6 August 2019, Ko 60th birthday, and Chiang's 129th birthday, as a requirement of the Interior Ministry. According to Ko, the Taiwan People's Party seeks to "become an alternative" to both the Pan-Green Coalition headed by the Democratic Progressive Party, as well as the Kuomintang-influenced Pan-Blue Coalition. Chiang Li-jung, a descendant of Chiang Wei-shui's, stated that Ko was taking advantage of similarities b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Zhi'an
Wang Zhi'an (; born on April 21, 1968) is a Japan-based Chinese journalist. He served as a reporter and host for China Central Television and chief investigative reporter for ''The Beijing News''. After being banned from the Chinese internet in 2019, he moved to Japan and has worked as an independent journalist. In May 2022, he started hosting news talk show ''Wang Ju Pai An'' on YouTube. In 2024, he was banned from entering Taiwan for five years for violating the terms of his tourist visa by appearing on a television show. Career CCTV (1998–2015) At China Central Television, Wang became famous for producing the documentary television program '' News Probe''. He reported on ambulance corruption but left CCTV in 2015 when he was not allowed to air it. The Beijing News (2017–2019) In 2017, Wang served as the chief investigative reporter and hosted a web talk show for ''The Beijing News''. The first season interviewed Xu Xiaodong, Zhou Libo, and Cao Dewang. You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Times
The ''China Times'' (, abbr. ) is a daily Chinese-language newspaper published in Taiwan. It is one of the four largest newspapers in Taiwan. It is owned by Want Want, which also owns TV stations CTV and CTiTV. History The ''China Times'' was founded in February 1950 under the name ''Credit News'' (), and focused mainly on price indices. The name changed on January 1, 1960 to ''Credit Newspaper'' (), a daily with comprehensive news coverage. Color printing was introduced on March 29, 1968, the first newspaper in Asia to make the move. On September 1, 1968, the name changed once again to ''China Times'', presently based in the Wanhua District, Taipei. The founder, , died in 2002, leaving the presidency of the paper to his second son, . Yu Chi-chung's eldest daughter, Yu Fan-ing, is the vice president. The bureau chief is Lin Shengfen (), the general manager Huang Chao-sung (), and the chief editor Huang Ch'ing-lung (). In 2008, the China Times Group was sold to the Want Want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Wen-je
Ko Wen-je (; born 6 August 1959), also known by his nickname, Ko P (), is a Taiwanese politician and physician. Ko was mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022, and Chairman of the Taiwan People's Party since 2019. Before becoming mayor, he was a doctor at National Taiwan University Hospital. He was also a professor at National Taiwan University College of Medicine, and specialized in fields including trauma, intensive care, organ transplant, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and artificial organs. Due to his profession, he has been nicknamed Ko P or KP (which stands for Professor Ko, and is how he is customarily referred to within National Taiwan University). Ko was responsible for standardising organ transplant procedures in Taiwan, and was the first physician to bring ECMO to Taiwan. Apart from his practice, Ko is known for his numerous media appearances and interviews as a social and political commentator. In the 2014 Taipei Mayoral Election, Ko ran as an independent can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TikTok
TikTok, known in China as Douyin (), is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. TikTok is an international version of Douyin, which was released in the Chinese market in September 2016. It launched in 2017 for iOS and Android in most markets outside of mainland China; however, it became available worldwide only after merging with another Chinese social media service, Musical.ly, on 2 August 2018. TikTok and Douyin have almost the same user interface but no access to each other's content. Their servers are each based in the market where the respective app is available. The two products are similar, but their features are not identical. Douyin includes an in-video search feature that can search by people's faces for more videos of them and other features such as buying, booking hotels and making geo-tagged reviews. Since their launches, TikTok and Dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Times
The ''Taipei Times'' is the only printed daily English-language newspaper in Taiwan, and the third established there. Online competitors include the state-owned '' Focus Taiwan'' and '' Taiwan News''; '' The China Post'' was formerly a competitor but today is mostly non-operational. Established on 15 June 1999, the ''Taipei Times'' is published by the Liberty Times Group, which also publishes a Chinese-language newspaper, the ''Liberty Times'', Taiwan's biggest newspaper by circulation, with a pro–Taiwan independence editorial line. On 15 May 2017, '' The China Post'' was the ''Times''s last English-language competitor to go out of print and the ''Taipei Times'' is consequently offered at most points of sale, hotels and libraries as the English-language option. It is a participant in Project Syndicate. See also * * * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FTV News
FTV News (, Pinyin: Mín shì xīnwén tái) is a digital television news channel operated by Formosa Television (FTV) in Taiwan, launched on 11 June 1997. See also * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering most political viewpoints. Taiwan's media history ... External links FTV News official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ftv News Television channels and stations established in 1996 24-hour television news channels in Taiwan Television news in Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Journal
''World Journal'' () is a Pan-Blue Taiwanese broadsheet newspaper published in North America. It is the largest Chinese language newspaper in the United States and one of the largest Chinese language newspapers outside of Greater China, with a daily circulation of 350,000. The newspaper is headquartered in the Whitestone neighborhood of Queens in New York City. ''World Journal'' is published in major cities in the United States with large overseas Chinese populations including New York as well as Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. The publication is widely sold in many Chinatowns and major suburbs. Subscription is available in the United States and Canada. History The newspaper began on February 12, 1976. The headquarters located to nearby Whitestone, Queens, in 1980, where it has since remained. The ''World Journal'' is one of three major Chinese-language dailies among the Chinese American community. The publication is own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Wang
Claire Wang or Wang Wan-yu (; born 26 April 1979) is a Taiwanese politician. Following the in March 2016, Wang was named to the Presidential Office Organizing Committee for National Conferences on Judicial Reforms. She subsequently joined the New Power Party and won a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 2020. Currently, she serves as NPP party chairman since March of 2023. Personal life Claire Wang is a Miaoli County native, born on 26 April 1979. After completing a bachelor's degree in geology at National Taiwan University, she pursued graduate study at the University of Southern California in the United States. Her husband, David Liu, also studied there, and the couple later returned to Taiwan. Liu began working in technology, and Wang remained home, to care for their four children. Liu and Wang's youngest daughter died on 28 March 2016, while traveling with her mother. The child was decapitated by Wang Ching-yu as she rode a bicycle along Huanshan Road in Neihu District on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Power Party
The New Power Party (NPP) is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014, and advocates for universal human rights, civil and political liberties, as well as Taiwan independence/nationalism.New Power Party Platform Chinese) The party is a part of the political phenomenon known as the "Third Force" (), in which new political parties, unaligned with traditional Pan-Green or s, sought to provide an alternative in Taiwanese politics. Nevertheless, the NPP's policies are very much aligned with and closely match th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kao Chia-yu
Kao Chia-yu (; born 17 October 1980) is a Taiwanese politician and a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). She was elected to the National Assembly in 2005. Upon assuming office, she became the youngest person to ever be seated in that legislative body. Between 2010 and 2020, Kao was a Taipei City Councillor. She was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020. Early life and education Born in Keelung on 17 October 1980, Kao is the eldest in the family, with a sister and a brother. Her parents own a provision store. She studied in the prestigious Taipei First Girls' High School, and proceeded to study law in the National Taiwan University (NTU). She now holds a Master's degree in Cross-Strait relations research from the NTU Graduate Institute of National Development. During her study in NTU, she became the 14th President of the NTU Student Association. Political career Kao became an assistant of Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
