Celebrity circles suffered more violent blows this week when a couple of stars made the society-news pages by getting into trouble with the police and mafia.
The first to trigger an avalanche of aggressiion was actor Ma Jing-tao (
Upon seeing the police walk toward his car, Ma immediately yelled out the F word. His purported girlfriend, Lee Ting-zhi (
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He was arrested on several charges and disappeared from public view after being bailed out for NT$100,000. His happily married ex-girlfriend Lily Tien (
Having survived years of scandals and assaults, entertainment-show host Jacky Wu (
One witness said Wu and his friends put up a good fight, considering they were up against professionals. Wu has reportedly had nine stitches in his head, and his right eye is seriously injured. Since the eight surveillance cameras outside the restaurant were conveniently broken that night, the police so far has no solid
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evidence against any suspects. Wu has canceled all his public activities since then, and didn't want to make further comments on the incident.
Three slender beauties Lee Sin-jie (
The actress admitted she has gained 8kg, but in her defense, she explained, ``I've been taking anti-depressant medicine for the past six months, and it has made me feel better and happier. So I have a good appetite and am restored to my normal weight. I am not fat -- I am attractively plump.''
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From a doctor's point of view, this is really good for her health, but her newly gained weight has cost her an opportunity to play the leading lady in a new movie by director Alice Wang (
Rumors that the couple Faye Wong (
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The entire saga involving the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and its Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) continues to produce plot twists at such a rapid pace that fiction publishers would throw it out for being ridiculously improbable. This past week was particularly bizarre, but surprisingly the press has almost entirely ignored a big story that could have serious national security implications and instead focused on a series of salacious bombshell allegations. Ko is currently being held incommunicado by prosecutors while several criminal investigations are ongoing on allegations of bribery and stealing campaign funds. This last week for reasons unknown Ko completely shaved
Anyone who has been to Alishan (阿里山) is familiar with the railroad there: one line comes up from Chiayi City past the sacred tree site, while another line goes up to the sunrise viewing platform at Zhushan (祝山). Of course, as a center of logging operations for over 60 years, Alishan did have more rail lines in the past. Are any of these still around? Are they easily accessible? Are they worth visiting? The answer to all three of these questions is emphatically: Yes! One of these lines ran from Alishan all the way up to the base of Jade Mountain. Its
The self-destructive protest vote in January that put the pro-People’s Republic of China (PRC) side in control of the legislature continues to be a gift that just keeps on giving to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). Last week legislation was introduced by KMT Legislator Weng Hsiao-lin (翁曉玲) that would amend Article 9-3 of the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例) to permit retired and serving (!) military personnel to participate in “united front” (統戰) activities. Since the purpose of those activities is to promote annexation of Taiwan to the PRC, legislators
Nov. 18 to Nov. 24 Led by a headman named Dika, 16 indigenous Siraya from Sinkan Village, in what is today’s Tainan, traveled to Japan and met with the shogun in the summer of 1627. They reportedly offered sovereignty to the emperor. This greatly alarmed the Dutch, who were allies of the village. They had set up headquarters on land purchased from the Sinkan two years earlier and protected the community from aggressive actions by their more powerful rivals from Mattau Village. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) had been embroiled in a bitter trade dispute with Japan, and they believed
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