Mandopop singer Yang Hsiao-ping (楊小萍) has died at the age of 79, her younger brother, Yang Ching-huang (楊慶煌), an actor, said through his agent on Tuesday. The veteran singer passed away on Monday with most of her family present, the agent said. “As far as I know she died of old age, there is no information about her being ill,” the agent said, adding that Yang Hsiao-ping had lived with them for the past few years. She did not provide any information as to where the singer lived at the time of her death. Yang Hsiao-ping was born in Shanghai in 1944. Her family moved to Changhua County when she was three. Yang Hsiao-ping was recruited as an actor in the air force’s recreation troupe when she was in junior high school and founded her own troupe when she was 20. She played roles in TV shows and films, gaining recognition for her renditions of popular classic songs such as Wine and Coffee in the 1960s.
Photo courtesy of actor Yang Ching-huang’s agent
Costa Rica sent a group of intelligence officials to Taiwan for a short-term training program, the first time the Central American country has done so since the countries ended official diplomatic relations in 2007, a Costa Rican media outlet reported last week. Five officials from the Costa Rican Directorate of Intelligence and Security last month spent 23 days in Taipei undergoing a series of training sessions focused on national security, La Nacion reported on Friday, quoting unnamed sources. The Costa Rican government has not confirmed the report. The Chinese embassy in Costa Rica protested the news, saying in a statement issued the same
Taiwan’s Liu Ming-i, right, who also goes by the name Ray Liu, poses with a Chinese Taipei flag after winning the gold medal in the men’s physique 170cm competition at the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation Asian Championship in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, yesterday.
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