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Wenzizun
Wenzizun (), formally known as the New Taipei City Xin-Tai Wenzizun Redevelopment Zone (), is an urban rezoning area located in Xinzhuang District and Taishan District, New Taipei, Taishan District, on the west side of New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is in close proximity to Provincial Highway 65 (Taiwan), Provincial Highway 65 and Fu Jen Catholic University. The area is approximately 400 hectares, equivalent to the total area of four Xinzhuang Sub-city Centers, one of the largest urban development plan in Northern Taiwan. Background The Wenzizun redevelopment zone is located at the junction of Xinzhuang and Taishan Districts in New Taipei City. It was originally a flood plain first-level control zone controlled to cooperate with the Tamsui River flood control. The relevant local development plans have been delayed for many years. After the land was deregulated, the land provided after the completion of the regional flood control plan was converted into urban development land. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamsui River
The Tamsui River (alternatively Danshui River, ) is the third longest river in Taiwan after Zhuoshui River and Gaoping River, with a total length of , flowing through Hsinchu County, Taoyuan, Taipei and New Taipei City. It is located in the northern part of the island. Geography The Tamsui River begins at the confluence of Xindian River and Dahan River at the western boundary of Taipei and New Taipei City, just north of Banqiao District, and flows northward and northwestward, passing the eponymous Tamsui District, then emptying into the Taiwan Strait. The river's three tributaries are the Xindian River, Dahan River and Keelung River. The Dahan River is the main tributary and has its headwaters in the Pintian Mountain in Hsinchu County and flows through Hsinchu County, Taoyuan City and New Taipei City. As a river system including the Dahan River, the Tamsui River has a total length of and a drainage area of . A major artificial distributary on the left bank of the Tams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economy Of New Taipei
An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the production, use, and management of resources. A given economy is a set of processes that involves its culture, values, education, technological evolution, history, social organization, political structure, legal systems, and natural resources as main factors. These factors give context, content, and set the conditions and parameters in which an economy functions. In other words, the economic domain is a social domain of interrelated human practices and transactions that does not stand alone. Economic agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Economic transactions occur when two groups or parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good or service, commonly expressed in a certain currency. However, mone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danhai New Town
Danhai New Town (), previously romanized as Tamhai New Town, is a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in 1992. The project aims to create a town using 17.56 km2 of land north of central Tamsui to relocate 300,000 people from the overcrowded Taipei metropolitan area. It currently has a population of about 40,000. Developmental history The first phase of the project has been completed, but though it was designed to house 130,000 people, only 13,000 have moved in. The second and third stage plans were drawn up in 1995, but never implemented after the Environmental Protection Administration requested that both be submitted to two environmental impact assessments. After many years of delays, in 2013, the agency submitted another development project covering more than 1,100 hectares to an environmental impact assessment under a new name, but which included zones that were designated for development under the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central News Agency (Taiwan)
The Central News Agency (CNA) is the national news agency of the Republic of China (Taiwan). History The CNA agency was founded , by the Kuomintang. Party member Hsiao Tung-tzu separated the CNA from Kuomintang headquarters in 1932. The agency's headquarters was originally located in Guangzhou in Guangdong province, but had to be relocated to Taipei in 1949, following the defeat of the Republic of China government in mainland China in the Chinese Civil War. Despite the corporatisation of the agency in 1973, it continued to receive heavy government subsidies, and remained the nation's official agency. At the time, CNA journalists received preferential treatment on various occasions, mostly government-related press conferences. In August 2021, CNA oversaw the launch of the TaiwanPlus streaming platform. After democratization, on 1 July 1996, the agency became a non-profit organisation under a bill passed by the Legislative Yuan. As of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Town
A college town or university town is a town or city whose character is dominated by a college or university and their associated culture, often characterised by the student population making up 20 percent of the population of the community, but not including communities that are parts of larger urban areas (often termed student quarters). The university may be large, or there may be several smaller institutions such as liberal arts colleges clustered, or the residential population may be small, but college towns in all cases are so dubbed because the presence of the educational institution(s) pervades economic and social life. Many local residents may be employed by the university—which may be the largest employer in the community—many businesses cater primarily to the university, and the student population may outnumber the local population. Description In Europe, a university town is generally characterised by having an List of early modern universities in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Chi University Of Technology
Ming Chi University of Technology (MCUT; ) is a private university of technology in Taishan District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1963, it currently consists of three colleges: College of Engineering, College of Environment and Resources, and College of Management and Design. MCUT has been consistently regarded as one of the top technical and vocational universities in Taiwan and is well known for its co-operative training programs. Motto Diligence, Perseverance, Frugality and Trustworthiness. This motto is the statement of belief by the Formosa Plastics Group, with MCUT being one of its subsidiaries. The first two terms indicate that MCUT expects students to be hard-working and to do right and meaningful things. Frugality and trustworthiness imply that students are taught to appreciate a simple and honest life. That is, students are trained to work hard pursuing their life goals and become useful members of the society. History The school was established as Ming C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taoyuan 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] |
Taipei Main Station
Taipei Main Station () is a major metro and railway station in the capital Taipei, Taiwan. It is served by Taipei Metro, the Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Taiwan Railway. It is also connected through underground passageways to Taipei main station (Taoyuan Metro), the terminal station of Taoyuan Airport MRT and the Taipei Bus Station. It is the busiest station in Taiwan. Station overview The central building of Taipei Main Station is a rectangular building in Zhongzheng District with six stories above ground and four stories below ground. The building is long and wide. The first floor has a large ticketing hall with a skylight and three ground-level exits in each cardinal direction, the second is occupied by restaurants managed by the Breeze group, and all floors above are office spaces. At the B1 level, there are turnstiles for the Taiwan Railway, TR and Taiwan High Speed Rail, THSR platforms, along with a myriad of underground passageways for Taipei Bus Station, the Taipei M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taoyuan Airport MRT
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), commonly known as the Airport MRT, is a rapid transit line of the Taoyuan Metro that connects Taipei, Taoyuan and New Taipei with Taoyuan International Airport in northern Taiwan. The line has 22 stations, from Taipei Main Station to , and began commercial service on 2 March 2017. Commuter and Express services operate on the line, which features in-town check-in and baggage check at Taipei Main Station and at . An extension to Zhongli railway station via from the current terminus at is under construction. The Laojie River metro station opened in July 2023 and the full extension is scheduled for completion in 2028. Route The Taoyuan Airport MRT route starts from Taipei Main Station and heads west, passing through Sanchong, Taishan, Xinzhuang, Guishan, Linkou, and Luzhu before reaching Taoyuan International Airport, after which the route turns south to Taoyuan HSR station before terminating at in Zhong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Times
The ''China Times'' (, abbr. ) is a daily Chinese-language newspaper published in Taiwan and one of the most widely circulated newspapers in Taiwan. Founded in 1950, the China Times Group was acquired by food and media conglomerate Want Want, which also owns TV stations CTV and CTiTV. The paper is generally perceived by the Taiwanese general public to be supportive of the pan-Blue coalition, which consists of the Kuomintang and allied political groups—while also facing allegations that it supports the political priorities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Daily News
''United Daily News'' (UDN; ) is a newspaper published in Taiwan. It is considered to support the pan-Blue Coalition in its editorials. History UDN was founded in 1951 by Wang Tiwu as a merger of three newspapers, ''Popular Daily'' (全民日報), ''National'' (民族報), and the ''Economic Times'' (經濟時報). The three newspapers formally merged in 1953. The newspaper is owned by Wang Tiwu's daughter, Wang Shaw-lan. UDN is the flagship newspaper of the United Daily News Group which is chaired by Duncan Wang. The evening edition of the paper, the ''United Evening News'', was first published on February 22, 1968. By August 2014, the circulation of ''United Daily News'' had passed 1 million copies. The evening paper shut down after publishing its final issue on June 1, 2020. Editorial stance The ''United Daily News'' has traditionally been close to the conservative wing of the Kuomintang. Before Taiwan democratized, it was an opponent of political reform; in the years sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
