This week the gossip hounds may be shedding a few tears over marriage, but not in joy, since their favorite subjects have finally bitten the bullet and tied the knot. Mando-pop diva Faye Wang (
The fact that Wang's close friends were banned from the "happy" event doesn't appear to be a good omen for the couple's future, however, especially if Li's dating history is anything to go by. His conquests include singer/actress Zhou Xun (周迅) and Qu Ying (瞿穎). Both, incidentally, have annual incomes of over NT$10 million. Zhou even bought Li a flashy car and a house while dating the "gold-digging parasite," according to Apple Daily (蘋果日報).
In related news TV hostess Momoko Tao (
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Gong Li (鞏俐), the illustrious diva who has already left a imprint on the world of cinema, has finally made her grand Hollywood entrance. After overcoming the language barrier and starring in Memoirs of a Geisha, she has been cast as the leading lady in the big-budget movie Miami Vice with heart throb Colin Farrell as her co-star. It's reported that director Michael Mann has given the actress five-star treatment by assigning a crew of at least a dozen people to look after her. The hel-pers include a translator, language teacher, driver and bodyguards.
Another star entering the world of Hollywood is Taiwanese entertainer Da Bing (
Horny teenage boys can celebrate this week, because paparazzi have gotten hold of naked photos of Carina Lau (
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Nothing like the spectacular, dramatic unraveling of a political party in Taiwan has unfolded before as has hit the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) over recent weeks. The meltdown of the New Power Party (NPP) and the self-implosion of the New Party (NP) were nothing compared to the drama playing out now involving the TPP. This ongoing saga is so interesting, this is the fifth straight column on the subject. To catch up on this train wreck of a story up to Aug. 20, search for “Donovan’s Deep Dives Ko Wen-je” in a search engine. ANN KAO SENTENCED TO PRISON YET AGAIN,
When the Dutch began interacting with the indigenous people of Taiwan, they found that their hunters classified deer hide quality for trade using the Portuguese terms for “head,” “belly,” and “foot.” The Portuguese must have stopped here more than once to trade, but those visits have all been lost to history. They already had a colony on Macao, and did not need Taiwan to gain access to southern China or to the trade corridor that connected Japan with Manila. They were, however, the last to look at Taiwan that way. The geostrategic relationship between Taiwan and the Philippines was established
Sept. 9 to Sept. 15 The upgrading of sugarcane processing equipment at Ciaozaitou Sugar Factory (橋仔頭) in 1904 had an unintended but long-lasting impact on Taiwan’s transportation and rural development. The newly imported press machine more than doubled production, leading to an expansion of the factory’s fields beyond what its original handcarts and oxcarts could handle. In 1905, factory manager Tejiro Yamamoto headed to Hawaii to observe how sugarcane transportation was handled there. They had trouble finding something suitable for Taiwan until they discovered a 762mm-gauge “miniature” railroad at a small refinery in the island of Maui. On
When Sara (names in this story are changed to protect the sources’ identities) takes her daughter April out anywhere in Taiwan, she’s frequently asked the same question: “Is your husband Taiwanese?” Sara is white, and April has unmistakably Asian features. “My wife is Taiwanese,” she replies. If asked, she may then clarify that April is her biological child, Taiwanese by blood, and has two moms. This often creates more confusion, but it is a difficult reality for Sara, her wife Dana and April. While Dana has adopted April, the child does not have Taiwanese (Republic of China) nationality despite both of her
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