User:Czgsq

Tracking

 * To create (needs translation, expansion)
 * Astronomy in Taiwan
 * Ecology of Taiwan
 * Wetlands in Taiwan
 * Arts in Taiwan
 * Dance in Taiwan
 * Funeral in Taiwan
 * List of national treasures in Taiwan
 * List of historic sites in Taiwan
 * Potential World Heritage Sites in Taiwan
 * One Hundred Views of Historic Buildings Competition
 * List of protected areas of Taiwan
 * List of department stores in Taiwan
 * List of shopping malls in Taiwan
 * Taiwanese manhua
 * Kuangchi Service Program
 * Taiwanese animation
 * List of lakes in Taiwan
 * Template:Taiwan
 * List of Taiwanese singers
 * Architecture of Taiwan
 * Portal:Taiwan/Geography
 * WikiProject Taiwan/Tab header ✅


 * Trying to tidy up
 * List of largest shopping malls
 * Template:WPTaiwan-invite ✅
 * WikiProject Taiwan/Navigation ✅


 * Trying to expand
 * Jerry Martinson
 * Portal:Taiwan/Did you know
 * Portal:Taiwan/Selected pictures
 * Portal:Taiwan/Selected biographies
 * Portal:Taiwan/Anniversaries
 * WikiProject Taiwan/Requested Articles

Chat
Wikipedia IRC • Chat Rooms

Server: chat.freenode.net

Web Chat:
 * #wikipedia-en
 * #wikipedia-zh
 * #wikipedia-tw

Good examples
WP:MED • WP:FILM • WP:FRA • WP:GER • WP:USA

Attention
Articles that need attention.

Stub-Class Articles • Start-Class Articles • C-Class Articles • B-Class Articles

User Objectives

 * Tidy up Taiwan portal.
 * P:TW is not mobile friendly. Test out ways to make layout display properly on portable devices.
 * Get ideas from other Portals for better organization and display.
 * /Tab header - Created top navigation for WP:TWN.
 * /Members - Moved over contents from /Participants.
 * Need more focused groups to enhance collaboration on more specific topics (ex. Aborigines, Cuisine, Geography, History, Military, People, etc.)
 * /Navigation - Update the template. (See: WP:USA and WP:GER.)
 * /Selected pictures - Find suitable images. (See below.)
 * /Anniversaries - (See: P:US.)

Reference List
For myself to read through.

Resources

 * Language & Education
 * Chinese Tools
 * Chinese Text Project
 * Pinyin.info Romanization Systems
 * Maryknoll Language Service Center English-Taiwanese Dictionary
 * Forvo
 * Minnan Wiktionary
 * 中華語文知識庫全民詞彙 Chinese Language Knowledge Base
 * 教育部 重編國語辭典修訂本 Ministry of Education Revised Chinese Language Dictionary
 * 教育部臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 Ministry of Education Taiwanese Minnan Dialect Dictionary
 * Ministry of Education (Bilingual Glossary)
 * Taiwan eLearning Center


 * Aborigines
 * 臺灣原住民樂舞欣賞
 * 原住民族委員會 Council of Indigenous Peoples
 * Digital Museum of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples
 * 順益臺灣原住民博物館 Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
 * Taiwan Indigenous Culture Park
 * 苗栗縣政府原住民族事務中心 Miaoli County Government Aboriginal Ethnic Affairs Center
 * 臺北市政府原住民族事務委員會 Taipei City Government Indigenous Peoples Commission
 * 臺東縣原住民族行政處 Taodong County Indigenous People 's Administrative Office


 * Foreign Relations, Tourism, Arts, Travel
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Taiwan Heart of Asia
 * Tourism Bureau(Visitor Statistics)
 * Travel in Taiwan Magazine
 * Free Half-Day Tour for International Transit Passengers
 * Taiwan Tourist Shuttle Service
 * Amusement Parks in Taiwan
 * Taiwan International Trade Shows
 * 臺北戲棚 Taipei Eye
 * National Performing Arts Center
 * Birding in Taiwan
 * Golfing in Taiwan
 * Travel Taipei
 * New Taipei Tourism and Travel Department
 * Kaohsiung Travel
 * Ministry of Culture


 * Economy & Investments
 * Taiwan Quick Links for Business People
 * MOEA Mittelstand Special Edition
 * Ministry of Economic Affairs (Bilingual Glossary)
 * Best eServices of Taiwan
 * New Southbound Policy
 * Taiwan for WTO Affairs
 * Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Repository
 * Foreign Trade Agreements (FTA)
 * Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
 * Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
 * Taiwan Tax Refund
 * Bureau of Foreign Trade
 * Taiwan Trade
 * Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)
 * Taiwan Services Trade
 * Invest Taiwan
 * US-Taiwan Connect (Partnership)
 * Taiwan Machine Tools
 * MEET Taiwan (Meetings Exhibitions Events Travel
 * Workforce Development Agency
 * Hsinchu Science Park


 * Immigration & Communications
 * National Immigration Agency
 * Living in Taiwan
 * National Communications Commission
 * eGov Taiwan


 * News
 * 蘋果日報 Apple Daily
 * Asia Today
 * CENS (Tech & Trade News)
 * 中央網路報 Central Daily News
 * 中央通訊社 Central News Agency (CNA)
 * 英文中國郵報 China Post
 * 中國時報 China Times
 * Coco01
 * 大紀元 Epoch Times
 * 中央通訊社 Focus Taiwan (Central News Agency)
 * 民視新聞 Formosa Television (FTV)
 * 民視英語新聞 FTV Formosa News (English)
 * 自由時報 Liberty Times
 * MSN
 * 關鍵評論 The News Lens
 * Next Digital
 * 今日新聞 Now News
 * Oh Bear News
 * Peanuts Daily
 * 報導者 The Reporter
 * 新浪臺灣新聞 Sina News Taiwan
 * Taiwan Embassy
 * 臺灣好新聞 Taiwan Hot
 * 臺灣英文新聞 Taiwan News
 * Taiwan Panorama
 * Taiwan Sun
 * Taiwan Today
 * 臺北時報 Taipei Times
 * 臺視新聞 TTV
 * 聯合新聞網 United Daily News
 * Yahoo!

Lists

 * Category:Taiwan-related lists
 * Index of Taiwan-related articles
 * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
 * List of tourist attractions in Taipei
 * List of parks in Taiwan
 * List of museums in Taiwan
 * List of night markets in Taiwan
 * List of lighthouses in Taiwan
 * List of bridges in Taiwan
 * List of dams and reservoirs in Taiwan
 * List of railway stations in Taiwan
 * List of airlines of Taiwan
 * List of roads in Taiwan
 * List of airports in Taiwan
 * List of mountains in Taiwan
 * 100 Peaks of Taiwan
 * List of islands of Taiwan
 * List of national scenic areas in Taiwan
 * List of volcanoes in Taiwan
 * National parks of Taiwan
 * List of administrative divisions of Taiwan
 * List of metropolitan areas in Taiwan
 * List of cities in Taiwan
 * List of townships, cities and districts of Taiwan
 * List of universities and colleges in Taipei
 * List of universities in Taiwan
 * List of sporting events in Taiwan
 * List of football clubs in Taiwan
 * List of football clubs in Chinese Taipei
 * List of medical schools in Taiwan
 * List of hospitals in Taiwan
 * List of tallest buildings in Taiwan
 * List of power stations in Taiwan
 * List of banks in Taiwan
 * List of newspapers in Taiwan
 * List of libraries in Taipei
 * List of companies of Taiwan
 * List of shopping malls in Taipei
 * List of stadiums in Taiwan
 * Transportation in Taiwan
 * List of aboriginal ethnic groups in Taiwan
 * List of mosques in Taiwan

Did You Know
Use Search archives to locate past DYK mentions.


 * ...that professional baseball in Taiwan began in 1989, and the Chinese Professional Baseball League and Taiwan Major League merged in 2003?
 * ...that the Qiandao Lake Incident in 1994 caused 32 Taiwanese tourist deaths, and the government of People's Republic of China were ineffective on solving the case, which directly leads to the massive increase of Taiwanese supporters on Taiwan independence?
 * ...that Taiwan celebrates a national Teacher's Day holiday each September 28?
 * ...that Taiwan's non-profit Industrial Technology Research Institute spun off Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry?
 * ...that due to the its economic growth, Taiwan served as a showcase for Japan's propaganda on the colonial efforts throughout Asia, as displayed during the 1935 Taiwan Exposition?
 * ...that Hau Lung-pin, Mayor of Taipei, refused to update signage at nearby bus and metro stops to reflect the renaming of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall?
 * ...that Chai Trong-rong, a Taiwanese legislator, was unable to return to Taiwan while studying abroad because he was placed on the Kuomintang's black list?
 * ...that every receipt issued by Taiwanese businesses, known as the Uniform Invoice, is also a lottery ticket?
 * ...that the globe in the initial release of the NT$1,000 fifth series of the New Taiwan Dollar banknote was mirror-reversed?
 * ...that the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis was sparked by a Lee Teng-hui's visit to Cornell University in the New York?
 * ...that Chinese Taipei is the designated name the Republic of China (Taiwan) uses in most international organizations?
 * ... that the National Taiwan Library (entrance pictured), founded in 1914, is the oldest public library in Taiwan?
 * ... that the Chianan Plain, the largest plain of Taiwan located at the central-southwestern region of the island, has three harvests of rice crops annually?
 * ... that two widely-used maps of China's historical placenames independently published in Taiwan and China during the 1980s are both called Historical Atlas of China?
 * ...that Tropical Storm Bilis caused 625 deaths and $2.5 billion (2006 left|100px in damage to the Philippines, mainland China, and Taiwan, making it the most damaging storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season so far?

Selected Biographies

 * See: Portal:Taiwan/Selected biographies


 * Ranker.com

Kobe Tai: (born January 15, 1972) Former porn actress. Mother Taiwanese, father Japanese, adopted by an American family at the age of five months, given the name Carla Scott Carter. She entered the adult film industry at the age of 24 in 1996 and appeared in over 70 adult films over seven years. She was ranked 1st of The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time by Complex magazine in 2011.

File:Momofuku_Ando.jpg Momofuku Ando: (安藤 百福; March 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007) Inventor of instant noodles and founder of Nissin Foods in 1948 and the Cup Noodle brand in 1971. He was born Gô͘ Pek-hok (吳百福) in Chiayi County but was raised in Tainan, Taiwan by his grandparents after his parents died. He became a naturalized Japanese in 1966 and chose his name from an amalgamation of his given name and his Japanese wife's family name. He saw his calling in post-WWII when the Japanese Ministry of Health tried to persuade people to eat wheat bread imported from the United States, reasoning that the local noodle industry was too small and unstable to satisfy supply needs. Ando was motivated and inspired by his belief that world peace would come when everyone had enough to eat. He experimented, developed and perfected his flash fry technique. The first product marketed was Chikin Ramen in 1958. He died from heart failure at the age of 96 at a hospital in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan.

Takeshi Kaneshiro: (金城 武 Jin Chengwu; born October 11, 1973) Actor, singer and model. Mother Taiwanese, father Okinawan, holds dual citizenship. He was born and raised in Taipei, attended Taipei American School. Debuted as a singer in 1992 under the name Aniki and began acting career in 1993. He works mainly in Taiwan and Hong Kong but has also worked in Japan, China and for Hollywood. He speaks Mandarin, Hokkien, Japanese, Cantonese and English. He has done voice over work for the Chinese renditions of Disney's Aladdin (when Genie sings), and as Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.

Lisa Su: (蘇姿豐 Su Tzu-feng / Su Zifeng; born November X, 1969) CEO and President of AMD, previously worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor. She was born in Tainan, Taiwan to a statistician father and accountant mother. Her family including her brother immigrated to the United States when she was 2 and they were encouraged to study maths and science by their parents. She studied at Bronx High School of Science and graduated in 1986 and enrolled in Electrical Engineering at MIT. She was named Executive of the Year by EE Times in 2014 and one of the World’s Greatest Leaders in 2017 by Fortune Magazine.

Jerry Yang: (楊致遠 Yang Chih-Yuan; Yang Zhiyuan; born November 6, 1968) Internet entrepreneur, programmer, co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo!. He was born in Taipei to a Professor of English mother. His father died when he was 2. His mother took him and his brother and immigrated to the United States where their extended family helped look after them while his mother taught English to other immigrants. Jerry remembers his first word in English was "shoe". He earned his BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in only four years. Jerry is credited for making the best investment an American company has ever made in China worth USD 17 billion when he invested in a 40% stake in Alibaba valued at USD 1 billion at the time, and bought the assets of Yahoo! China valued at USD 700 million.

Vanness Wu: (吴建豪 Wu Chien-Hao / Wu Jianhao; born August 7, 1978) actor, entertainer, singer, director and producer. He is most well known for being a member of the boyband F4 and worked with Korean singer Kangta from H.O.T. He was born in Santa Monica, California and moved to Taiwan at the age of 21. He is a polyglot and is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese and Spanish. He featured on Beyoncé's single Crazy In Love in 2003, made his acting debuted in 2004 and has appeared in several films and Taiwanese drama, most notably Meteor Garden and Autumn's Concerto. He became a judge on Asia's Got Talent alongside David Foster, Anggun, and Mel C (Spice Girls).

Jolin Tsai: (蔡依林 Tsai I-ling / Cai Yilin; born August 7, 1978) singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and entrepreneur. She played a significant role in popularizing dance music in China. Her music career kicked off at the age of 18 when she won an MTV singing contest. She is one of the best selling artists in Asia and quickly became a teen idol. She has won six Golden Melody Awards, an MTV Asia Award and a MTV Video Music Award. Forbes reported in 2014 that Jolin is one of the highest paid Chinese celebrity with a net worth of NTD 2 billion.

Wu Bai: (伍佰 Wu Bai; born January 14, 1968) Wu Bai is the stage name of Wu Chun-lin (吳俊霖 Wu Junlin). Wu Bai was born in Chiayi County to a retired Taisugar worker, and a betel nut vendor mother. He is considered one of the biggest Chinese rock stars in Asia and has written songs for Andy Lau, Emil Chau, Karen Mok, Tarcy Su and Vivian Hsu. He was inspired in the 1970s when he listened to Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix which was unusual at the time and he popularized guitar-oriented rock music in Taiwan in the 1990s when his band Wu Bai & China Blue gained widespread popularity.

Christina Chang: (born June 29, 1971) is a Taiwanese-American actress who has appeared in ten films and 47 TV Shows, eleven of which are recurring roles such as on 24, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives and Nashville. She was born in Taipei to a Chinese-Filipino father and American mother. At 17 she moved to her mother's home state to study theater and film at the University of Kansas. She's a graduate of University of Washington.

Chang Fei: (張菲 Zhang Fei; born December 4, 1951) Chang Fei is the stage name of 張彥明 Chang Yan-Ming / Zhang Yanming, a singer and TV personality. Born in Taipei he was the host of Variety Big Brother (2002-2011).

Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975)

Yen Chia-kan

Chiang Ching-kuo

Lee Teng-hui

Chen Shui-bian

Ma Ying-jeou (born July 13, 1950) has served two full consecutive four year terms as President of the Republic of China from 2008-2016. His previous political roles include Justice Minister (1993–96) and Mayor of Taipei (1998–2006). He was also the Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) between 2005–2007 and 2009–2014. He was also the Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) between 2005–2007 and 2009–2014. He became the first ROC Head of State to meet with a Communist Party General Secretary when he met Xi Jinping in Singapore in November 2015. In 2014, the Sunflower Student Movement, initiated by a coalition of students and civic groups in the Legislative Yuan and later also the Executive Yuan, was a student-mainly mass movement to protest Ma's Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement with mainland China.

Tsai Ing-wen (born August 31, 1956) is the first female President of the Republic of China, and is noted for other firsts such as being unmarried, of Hakka and Paiwan aborigine descent, not served as Mayor of Taipei and to not have held an elected executive post. She also made the first diplomatic telephone call since 1979 to congratulate Donald Trump on his presidential victory to become President of the United States. She was born in Taipei as the youngest of eleven children and studied law at National Taiwan University, Cornell Law School, London School of Economics and has taught law at Soochow University and National Chengchi University. She has worked at the Fair Trade Commission, Copyright Commission, Mainland Affairs Council, National Security Council and served as Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan. She joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 2004 and is its Chairperson, having served around eight years. She first ran for President in 2012 gaining 45.63% of votes but lost to Ma Ying-jeou (51.60% votes). She supports LGBT rights and endorses same-sex marriage. Tsai is a notable cat lover, her two cats Think Think and Ah Tsai appeared in her election campaign. She has since adopted three retired guide dogs.

Jerry Martinson (born December 2, 1942) Father George Gerald Martinson, S.J. (丁松筠 Ding Songjun) is an American Jesuit and TV personality (producer, actor, host) in Taiwan. He has worked at Kuangchi Program Service in Taipei for more than four decades and is now its Vice President. He is the spokesperson for Giraffe English (長頸鹿美語).


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Images
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Selected Pictures
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