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· Important figures and stories that shaped Taiwan's development 206 articlesIn 1987, when tsmc-morris-chang established Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in Hsinchu Science Park, every semiconductor company in the world designed and manufactured their own chips. No one believed a company that only did contract manufacturing could survive. Thirty-eight years later, TSMC's market value exceeds 90% of global enterprises, and the world's most advanced chips are all produced in Taiwan.
The same year, Taiwan lifted martial law that had lasted for thirty-eight years.
These two seemingly unrelated events share the same backdrop: an island long under compression that, once given space, grows things at an unexpected speed. Taiwan's human stories are this repeated dialectic of compression and release.
“Pop Culture” 1
Academia and Education 1
Arts & Design 8
Chen Chun-liang: The Design Poet of Taiwan
Visionary graphic designer and founder of FreeFall Design, pioneer who redefined Taiwan design with poetic sensibility
Fang Hsu-Chung (方序中)
The designer behind the Golden Melody and Golden Horse visual identities, founder of The Good Design Company, and a l...
Fang-Yi Sheu (許芳宜)
From a small-town girl in Yilan to principal dancer at Martha Graham Dance Company and founder of LAFA — she tells Ta...
Jimmy Liao
Taiwan’s most internationally recognized picture‑book artist, whose poetic illustrations turned ‘繪本’ (picture books) ...
Li Guoxiu (李國修)
Founder of Ping-Fong Acting Troupe and a defining voice of modern Taiwanese comedy theatre
Nieh Yung-jen (聶永真)
Taiwanese graphic designer and AGI member, known for Golden Melody Awards visuals and presidential inauguration ident...
Stan Lai: Master of Theater Innovation
Founder of Performance Workshop, creator of Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, godfather of Chinese-language theater
Xiao Qing-yang
Four-time Grammy nominee for Best Album Package Design, visual designer who brought Taiwan to the world stage
Arts and Creativity 2
Cuisine and Craftspeople 1
Digital & Media 4
Daptoper: From "Dark Laptop" to One Million Subscribers — The Data Curator Who Defined the Roblox Generation
In 2023, YouTuber "Daptoper" (real name Chou Chih-Hsuan) hit one million YouTube subscribers. From early Minecraft st...
He Feipeng (何飛鵬)
Founder of Cite Media Group and a key architect of Taiwan’s publishing industry—how He Feipeng guided print culture i...
Ray (YouTuber)
Born in 2005, Taiwanese high school student Hsu Chen-Jui gained viral fame when he said 'My name is Ray, I'm from Tai...
Yang You-Ren: From Street Graffiti Dropout to Africa Shoes-for-Hope Taiwanese Youth Hero
Yang You-Ren is a Taiwanese social entrepreneur and humanitarian worker, founder of Step30 International Christ Care ...
Education & Society 3
Audrey Tang
Stopped school at 8 to self-teach programming, became the world's first openly transgender cabinet minister, and rede...
Stanley Yen: From the Mailroom to Taiwan's Godfather of Tourism — Then He Gave It All Up
High school diploma. Mailroom clerk at 23. General manager at 28. President of Asia's finest boutique hotel at 32 — w...
Huang Kuo-chen: Teaching Taiwan's Children to 'Understand' Not Just 'Finish Reading'
Founder of Pin Xue Tang, promoting reading literacy education in Taiwan, working to change the educational predicamen...
Education and Society 2
Yang Shen-Keng: The Education Philosopher Who Brought Two Oxygen Tanks to His Student's Dissertation Defense
On December 13, 2020, Yang Shen-Keng took leave from National Taiwan University Hospital, brought two oxygen tanks, a...
Yeh Ping-cheng
NTU Electrical Engineering professor who, dissatisfied with rote learning, built PaGamO — a gamified learning platfor...
Film & Theater 9
Ang Lee — Cinematic Bridge Between East and West
From Taiwan's conservative society to Hollywood's highest honors: How Ang Lee became the first Asian director to win ...
Edward Yang (楊德昌)
A leading voice of the Taiwan New Cinema movement, Cannes Best Director, and the poet of urban alienation
Tsai Ming‑liang
Venice Golden Lion winner and master of slow cinema, a Malaysian‑Chinese director rooted in Taiwan
Brigitte Lin: From Romance Icon to Martial Arts Legend
The legendary actress who dominated both Qiong Yao romance films and Tsui Hark's martial arts cinema, becoming an ete...
Chen Yu-Hsun: Taiwan's Warm Comedy Film Magician
Taiwan's comedy film director behind 'Tropical Fish,' 'Zone Pro Site,' and 'My Missing Valentine'
Gwei Lun-Mei
From 'Secret' to international film festivals, a low-key method actress who represents Taiwan's new generation of cin...
Niu Cheng-Ze: Talent and Controversy in Taiwan Cinema
Niu Cheng-Ze is a renowned Taiwan director and actor, famous for films like 'Monga' and 'Paradise in Service.' From c...
Sylvia Chang (張艾嘉)
A cross-disciplinary icon of Chinese-language cinema—actor, director, screenwriter, and singer for over five decades
Wei Te-sheng
Writing Taiwan's epic through cinema, from Cape No. 7 to Seediq Bale—a dream practitioner
Historical Figures 2
Robert Swinhoe: When a Diplomat Became a Naturalist
In 1856, a 19-year-old British interpreter recorded the first bird he spotted on the western coast of Formosa. Four y...
Chu Yi-kuei, the Duck King: Taiwan's First Self-Proclaimed King and Rebel Leader
An account of the 1721 Chu Yi-kuei Incident — from a duck farmer to a self-proclaimed king — and the far-reaching eff...
Literature 10
Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇)
Author of 'Taipei People,' modern literary master, and champion of Kunqu opera revival
Chen Yingzhen
Author of The General’s Clan and The Mountain Road, a leading voice of Taiwan’s social realist literature
Chu Tien-wen
Novelist and screenwriter who shaped Taiwan New Cinema, author of Notes of a Desolate Man
Huang Chun-ming: Master of Taiwanese Literary Humanism
Author of "The Sandwich Man" and "The Days of Looking at the Sea," representative writer of Yilan nativist literature...
Huang Zhen-nan: The Takenouchi Yutaka of Book Collecting and Taiwan's Living History Source
Huang Zhen-nan is a Taiwanese cultural historian, book collector, and writer who gained fame through his PTT username...
Li Ang
A feminist literary pioneer whose bold novels confronted patriarchy, sexuality, and violence in Taiwan
Lung Ying-tai
Author of 'Wild Fire,' one of the most influential essayists in the Chinese-speaking world and former Taiwan Minister...
Wu Ming-Yi
The first Taiwanese author longlisted for the International Man Booker Prize, weaving nature and history into literar...
Xi Murong (席慕蓉)
Best-selling poet of the Chinese-speaking world whose gentle lyricism bridges the steppe and the modern city
Zhong Lihe: The Eternal Seeker of Nativeland
Author of 'The Man from Nativeland', revered as the Father of Taiwan Literature, a literary warrior who persisted in ...
Music 9
Teresa Teng: A White Headband in Happy Valley, a Plastic Bag of Kinmen Air, a Five-Minute Gap in Chiang Mai
On May 27, 1989 — eight days before the Tiananmen crackdown — Teresa Teng walked onto a Hong Kong racetrack stage wea...
A‑Mei (張惠妹)
A Puyuma (卑南) powerhouse whose voice reshaped Mandopop and whose advocacy made her a symbol of Indigenous pride and L...
Bobby Chen (陳昇)
Independent music pioneer and creative genius who has hosted New Year's Eve concerts for 30 consecutive years in Taiw...
Deng Yu-xian
Father of Taiwanese songs, composer of classics like 'Longing for Spring Breeze,' 'Rainy Night Flower,' and 'Moonlit ...
JJ Lin (Lin Jun Jie)
Singapore-born Mandopop superstar who became a creative powerhouse in the Chinese-speaking world through hits like 'J...
Jolin Tsai (蔡依林): Taiwanese Pop Queen — Career, Age, and Rise to Stardom
Born 1980 in Taipei, Jolin Tsai debuted at 19 and became Asia's most spectacular live performer. From a dance instruc...
Li Zongsheng (Jonathan Lee)
Taiwan’s master songwriter and producer whose songs turned life’s joys and losses into a shared language
Luo Dayou (羅大佑)
The godfather of Mandarin pop, whose songs chronicled Taiwan’s social changes from the 1980s onward
Wu Bai (伍佰)
Taiwan’s rock national treasure and the architect of Taiwanese‑language rock—how Wu Bai turned street energy into a l...
Music & Performance 1
Music and Performance 4
Rainie Yang: From Weather-Girl Avatar to Self-Produced Ambiguous 2025
On September 9, 2025, on the exact 20th anniversary of the original release of "Ambiguous," Rainie Yang released a se...
HUR+: From DD52 Runners-Up to Zepp New Taipei — A Nine-Member Girl Group That Never Stopped
In the 2020 idol competition finale, they lost by 2.5 points. Six years later, the champions have disbanded, and the ...
Lien Ying: Six Years from 'The Dance Standard a Girl Group Should Have' to a Solo EP
In 2020, a twenty-one-year-old girl from Taichung looked at Pan Wei-Po and said: 'I want everyone to know the standar...
Fish Stick: A Name Like a Street Snack, a Sound That Hits Like Post-Hardcore
On December 31, 2019, Fish Stick released their first full-length album Antidote on the last day of the year. Three c...
Political Figures 1
Politics & Democracy 9
Cheng Li-wun: From Hunger Strike for Taiwan Independence to Meeting Xi Jinping
In 1988, a 19-year-old student fasted outside National Taiwan University to demand the release of a Taiwan independen...
Han Kuo-yu: Recalled by 939,000 Voters, Then Elected Speaker of Parliament
The first mayor in Taiwan history to be recalled from office — removed by a 37-to-1 margin in 2020. Four years later,...
Zheng Nanrong
Martyr of free speech and founder of Freedom Era Weekly; commemorated on Taiwan’s Freedom of Speech Day (April 7)
Annette Lu Hsiu-lien
From political prisoner to vice president: The first female vice president in the Chinese-speaking world
Chen Chien-jen
An epidemiologist-turned-statesman who helped steer Taiwan through SARS and COVID-19
Kao Chun-ming
A pastor who risked his life and church for a stranger he barely knew — the faith choice behind the Kaohsiung Incident
Ko Wen-je
The surgeon who rewrote Taiwan's political script — from ECMO pioneer to third-party presidential candidate
Lin Yi-hsiung
Pioneer of Taiwan's democracy movement, survivor of the Lin family massacre, anti-nuclear activist who exemplifies re...
Shih Ming-te
Leader of the Kaohsiung Incident and a democracy pioneer who spent 25 years in prison for Taiwan’s freedom
Politics and Democracy 3
Tsai Ing-wen
Taiwan's first female president (2016–2024), a scholar of international trade law by background, who completed Asia's...
Huang Yu-chiao: Democracy Elder
At the critical moment of the 1977 Zhongli Incident, she stood at the police station door urging the crowd not to act...
Ma Ying-jeou: Cross-Strait Peacemaker, or the President Who Gave Young People the 22K Wage
12th and 13th President of the Republic of China, architect of cross-strait détente, and the governing backdrop of 22...
Pop Culture 6
Ahn Ji-hyun
From Korean pro cheer to life in Kaohsiung—she pushes the Korean cheer path in Taiwan from “fly-in gig” toward “livin...
Byun Ha-yul
A CTBC Korean cheer pillar across seasons—her Taiwan arc shows professional resilience and the reality of emotional l...
Jin (Golden Mushroom)
A Korean creator in Taiwan with million-scale reach—turning “Koreans in Taiwan” from headlines into everyday watchabl...
Lee Da-hye
From Korean pro cheer to a top CPBL cheer face—turning “away crowd buzz” into long-term development in Taiwan.
Muscle Mountain
A Korea-born creator who has put down deep roots in Taiwan, building social influence through fitness and bilingual h...
Nam Min-jung
A Korean member who stayed seasons with Fubon—turning “short-term heat” into “predictable appearances” as professiona...
Popular Figures 1
Science & Academia 3
Chi-Huey Wong: Pioneer of Glycoscience
World-renowned authority in carbohydrate chemistry, former president of Academia Sinica, and Nobel Prize candidate
Cho-yun Hsu: Bridging East and West as a Master Historian
Master historian, author of The Course of Chinese History, Professor Emeritus at University of Pittsburgh
Du Congming: Founder of Modern Medicine in Taiwan
Taiwan's first medical doctor and father of modern medicine in Taiwan
Sports 16
Lee Yang
The young man who gritted his teeth through Division A, now gritting his teeth to fight institutional corruption in s...
Cheng Chao-tsun: The Javelin King of Asia
Taiwan's javelin legend who set the Asian record of 91.36m at the 2017 Universiade, revolutionizing Asian javelin thr...
Chi Cheng: The Flying Antelope
The Flying Antelope, bronze medalist in 80m hurdles at 1968 Mexico Olympics
Chien-Ming Wang: Taiwan's Sinker Ball Ace Who Conquered MLB
The Taiwanese pitcher whose devastating sinker ball dominated Major League Baseball, creating a nationwide phenomenon...
Chuang Chih-yuan
Table tennis legend, four-time Olympian, the solitary warrior who conquered European professional leagues
Hong-Chih Kuo: Taiwan's Left-Handed Ace
Left-handed pitcher who made his mark in MLB with the Los Angeles Dodgers, representing Taiwan's baseball pride on th...
Hsu Shu-ching: Taiwan's Weightlifting Goddess
Taiwan's weightlifting legend who won Olympic gold medals in both 2012 London (upgraded) and 2016 Rio Olympics
Kevin Lin (Lin Yi-jie)
From rejected track team tryouts to becoming the first person to run across the Sahara Desert on foot
Li Chih-kai
From 'Market Kai' in the documentary Tumbling Boys to an Olympic silver medal — sixteen years of tumbling through lif...
Lu Yen-hsun (盧彥勳)
Taiwan's tennis ace who reached Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2010, representing Taiwan in four Olympic Games and becomi...
Su-Wei Hsieh: Taiwan's Tennis Trailblazer
2013 Wimbledon women's doubles champion, Taiwan's first Grand Slam titlist
Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang (The Lin-Yang Duo)
Taiwanese men's badminton doubles pair, 2021 Tokyo Olympic gold medalists, Taiwan's first Olympic gold medal in badmi...
Wei-Yin Chen
The left-hander who signed Taiwan's highest sports contract but only received 47% of the money
Yang Chuan-Kwang
The Asian Iron Man, Taiwan's first Olympic medalist who won decathlon silver at the 1960 Rome Olympics
Yang Dai-kang: Taiwanese Baseball Star in Japan
Yomiuri Giants outfielder and Taiwan's representative player in Japanese professional baseball
Yang Yung-Wei
Taiwan judoka who won silver medal in men's 60kg at 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Taiwan's first Olympic judo medal
Tech & Business 13
Ethan Tu (杜奕瑾)
Founder of PTT, former Microsoft AI lead, and creator of Taiwan AI Labs—an architect of Taiwan’s digital public sphere
Morris Chang
The semiconductor patriarch and founder of TSMC, the legendary entrepreneur who reshaped the global tech industry wit...
C.C. Wei
TSMC President, pioneer of 3nm process technology, semiconductor manufacturing master
Jamie Lin (Chien-Li Feng)
Former Google Taiwan Managing Director, AI industry pioneer, technology talent development advocate
Lin Bai-li
Founder of Quanta Computer, the architect of the global notebook supply chain, and a key player in Taiwan’s AI server...
Mark Liu (劉德音)
Chairman of TSMC and Morris Chang’s successor, navigating semiconductor diplomacy in a tense geopolitical era.
Stan Shih
The entrepreneur who admitted to losing billions yet became Taiwan business guru
Steve Chang (張明正)
Founder of Trend Micro and a pioneer who proved Taiwan’s software industry could lead globally in cybersecurity.
Terry Gou
Founder of Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn), world's largest electronics manufacturing services company
Tung Tzu-hsien (童子賢)
Chairman and CEO of Pegatron Corporation, a tech industry leader who bridges technology and humanities, and key suppo...
Xu Wen-Long: The Violin-Playing Entrepreneur Who Built Taiwan's Cultural Empire
Xu Wen-Long (1928-2023), founder of Chimei Group, embodied the rare triple identity of entrepreneur, violinist, and a...
Y.C. Wang: From Rice Shop to Petrochemical Empire - Taiwan's Management God
The legendary entrepreneur who built Formosa Plastics Group from humble beginnings, becoming Taiwan's most revered bu...
Yeh Kuo-Yi
Founder of Inventec Group, pioneer of Taiwan's electronics contract manufacturing industry, laptop computer manufactu...
政治人物 2
Puma Shen: He Researched China's Cognitive Warfare — Then China Plotted His Coordinates on a Satellite Map
In 2021, Puma Shen co-founded Kuma Academy with strategist Ho Cheng-hui; tech billionaire Tsao Hsing-cheng donated NT...
Chiang Kai-shek
His bronze statues are being removed, but the foundations he laid — whether you call them construction or shackles — ...
政治與民主 4
Lai Ching-te: From a Mining Family to the Presidential Office — A Public Health Physician
Taiwan's 16th president — the first politician in the history of the Republic of China's constitutional system to run...
Chen Chu
From death-row prisoner at Meilidao to the South's all-powerful 'Mama Mayor' — she is the most vivid witness to Taiwa...
Chen Shui-bian
Taiwan's 10th and 11th president and the architect of the 2000 democratic power transition. From the son of a Tainan ...
Lee Teng-hui
The paradoxical life of an agricultural economist who became the first democratic leader in the Chinese-speaking world
教育與社會 3
Liu An-ting
In 2008 she left Taichung Girls' Senior High School for Princeton. In 2013, at 23, she quit her New York consulting j...
Huang Guang-xiong: The Man Who Built a College of Education on a Chiayi Field
In 1996, Huang Guang-xiong traveled south from NTNU to Chiayi, founding the Graduate Institute of Education at Nation...
Lu Guan-wei: Founder of Junyi Academy
Chairman and CEO of Taiwan's Junyi Academy Education Foundation — a National Taiwan University Medical School graduat...
數位與媒體 5
Ba Jiong: From Hualien Truku Youth to the 'Spy-Master' Wanted by the CCP for One Million Yuan
In November 2025, the Quanzhou Public Security Bureau in Fujian issued a wanted notice — targeting Taiwanese influenc...
Chang Chih-chi: The 'Information Curator' Seeking Dialogue in a Polarized Age — from Simpleinfo to Shasha77, Seven Years of Daily Updates
Known for seven years of daily updates and 1.65 million subscribers on 'Shasha77,' this information designer translat...
Red Shin (Kouki): From Eleven-Year Daily Upload Machine to Million-Subscriber YouTuber Who Reclaimed His Life
On October 15, 2023, game streamer Red Shin (Kouki), with 3 million subscribers, uploaded his final scheduled video, ...
Ray Du: From a Young Exchange Student Who Hated English to the 'Block Captain' of Taiwan's YouTube World
In 2020, YouTuber Ray Du launched the New York Times advertising crowdfunding campaign that showed the world Taiwan e...
Zhuge Liang (Showman)
Icon of Taiwan’s variety-show culture and a beloved Taiwanese-language comedian
文學 2
Lin Liang: Shallow, Yes — But Shallow with Flavor
From the eldest son who lost his father on the banks of the Jiulong River in 1944, to the 95-year-old grandfather who...
Hung Hsing-fu: A Prematurely Fallen Giant of Nativist Literature
Born in 1949 into a poor farming family in Erlin, Changhua, Hung Hsing-fu published his first short story at age 18. ...
歷史人物 4
Charles Le Gendre: The Treaty-Maker and the Traitor Were the Same Man
In 1867, the American merchant ship Rover wrecked off the Hengchun Peninsula, and 14 crew members were killed by the ...
Koxinga
A half-Japanese pirate's son who spent sixteen years fighting the Qing, nine months conquering Taiwan, five months fo...
Mona Rudao
Mona Rudao, chief of the Seediq Truku people's Mahepo community, led the Wushe Incident in 1930, rallying over 300 wa...
Rather Burn Out Than Rust Out: Mackay and His Beloved Formosa
From extracting over 20,000 teeth to founding Taiwan's first school for girls, how Canadian missionary George Leslie ...
流行人物 4
Lee Ah-young
One of the defining representatives of Korean cheer squad 'long-stay' performers in Taiwan, she converted high visibi...
Lee Ju-eun
From the 'AI goddess' viral moment to building a full-time career in Taiwan — her path is rewriting the imagination o...
Lee Ju-eun
From the "AI Goddess" phenomenon to fully committing to a career in Taiwan, her path has reshaped the imagination of ...
Park Min-seo (Mingo)
From Korea to Taiwan’s ballpark — stable stage presence and approachable interaction make her a key member of the CTB...
科學與學術 5
Wu Ta-you
Theoretical physicist and president of Academia Sinica; mentor to Nobel laureates Yang Chen-ning and Lee Tsung-dao; t...
Lee Yuan-tseh
1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate, pioneer of chemical dynamics with crossed molecular beam technique, Taiwan's ...
Paul Ching-Wu Chu
Superconductivity physicist who led the landmark 1987 breakthrough at liquid-nitrogen temperatures
Lin Chi-er: From Taipei to Low Earth Orbit, the Taiwan-Born Physician Who Played Bagpipes in Space
Born in Taipei in 1973, Lin Chi-er (Kjell N. Lindgren) is the first NASA astronaut born in Taiwan. After graduating f...
Henry Lee
Built a forensic legend from a handful of bone fragments — yet a 'bloodstain' on a towel sent two men to prison for t...
科技與企業 2
Jensen Huang
From a Kentucky reform school to history's first $5 trillion company — how a toilet-scrubbing boy from Tainan bet on ...
Tony Hsiao: From Game Product Manager to INSIDE Founder, the Mayor of Taiwan's Internet Scene
In 2009, six internet people launched a collaborative blog, and INSIDE — Taiwan's pioneering tech commentary media — ...
藝術與設計 3
Ming Hua Yuan
From outdoor temple stages to the Taipei Arena, Taiwan's top-tier opera brand proves through four generations of dedi...
Shen Sheng-Po
Trained in computer science, Shen Sheng-Po brought code into Taiwan’s contemporary art scene. In just 34 years, he le...
Zhu Zong-qing
A percussion pioneer who returned from Vienna, transforming a niche art form into a people's music over 40 years
音樂 2
Lim Giong: From the Platform of 'Moving Forward' to Cannes for The Assassin — Three Decades of a Hokkien Rock Defector
On December 7, 1990, 26-year-old Changhua native Lin Chih-feng turned Hokkien song from melancholy into rock with 'Mo...
Jody Chiang: The Queen of Taiwanese Pop Who Rose from the Sulfur Smoke of Beitou, and Her Nine-Year Secret War
From singing in Beitou's cabarets at age 10 to becoming a Taiwanese-language pop diva with record-breaking sales in t...
音樂人 2
Mavis Fan: From 'Health Song' Little Witch to 100% Band Frontwoman — Thirty Years of Refusing to Be Defined by Any Single Era
In 1996, 19-year-old Mavis Fan became everyone's Little Witch with 'Health Song.' In 1998 she shaved her head and rel...
Ke Zhi-Tang (Kowen Ko): The Taiwanese Indie Folk Singer Who Traded Seven Years of Silence for an Album
Born in Taiwan in 1990, he won the Hai Xian Award (海弦獎) in 2013 with his Coldplay covers, and that same year became t...
音樂與表演 19
Tzuyu
A Tainan girl who never talked politics. An 8-second flag on Korean TV. An election-eve apology video. And ten years ...
Whyte (壞特?te): The Honor Student Who Spent Nine Years in Medical School — and Pressed Pause
On August 21, 2021, Whyte stepped onto the stage at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards wearing a black hat and sunglasses....
Hebe Tien: The Singer Who Shed the Idol System, One Layer at a Time
When Hebe Tien released her debut solo album To Hebe in September 2010, the poster read 'super newcomer after ten yea...
Crowd Lu: The Triple Crown Champion Who Was Run Over by a Bus
In 2003, a boy from Tainan rode out for a late-night snack and had his leg crushed under a bus. Bedridden and bored, ...
Enno Cheng: Writing the Most Honest Songs in the Most Unfamiliar Language — Seven Years from Coming Out in 2016 to Winning Two Taiwanese Awards at the 2023 Golden Melody Awards
Born in 1987, Enno Cheng (鄭宜農) is the daughter of New Cinema director Cheng Wen-tang. She debuted as an actress in 20...
Waa Wei: Twenty Years of Wanting to Be Heard, from Naturally Curly's "Wawa" to Two-Time Golden Melody Queen
Vocalist 'Wawa' of Naturally Curly in 2003, going solo as 'Waa Wei' after a vocal cord injury in 2006, and winning Be...
Abao (Aljenljeng Tjaluvie): The Future Pop Singer Who Sent the Paiwan Language to the Golden Melody Album of the Year
The 2020 Golden Melody 31 Album of the Year went to the all-Paiwan electronic album 'kinakaian — Mother Tongue.' Abao...
Chen Chien-Chi: From Accounting to Triple Crown — The Man Who Dismantled the Sound Red Line in Mandarin Pop
Born in 1973 and a graduate of Tamkang University's accounting department, Chen Chien-Chi is a rare 'absent author' i...
No Party for Cao Dong: Twelve Years from a Yangmingshan Street Corner to Two Golden Melody Best Band Awards
At the 28th Golden Melody Awards in 2017, a four-piece band that self-pressed 2,000 CDs swept three trophies, decisiv...
Cicada: Fifteen Years of Field Recordings from Typhoon Morakot 2009 to the Source of the Danda River 2022
Founded in Taipei in 2009, Cicada is a fully instrumental, vocally silent independent band. Founding pianist Jesy Chi...
Constant and Change: Ten Years of 'A Band Doesn't Run on Persistence — If It's Not Fun, It Falls Apart'
A four-piece independent band formed in Taipei in 2013, whose name fuses the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus's '...
Ricky Hsiao: Twice Blind, Yet with His 'Eyes for No One' Humor He Fell His Way to a Golden Melody Award
Born in 1976, Taiwanese singer-songwriter Ricky Hsiao lost his sight twice due to congenital cataracts. He is not onl...
Huang Shao-yong: Dropped Out of a Biochemistry PhD, Used Electronic Music to Send Indigenous Languages to the Golden Melody Album of the Year
Backstage at Golden Melody 33 in 2022, Huang Shao-yong accepted the Best Arranger award, then pulled a recorder from ...
LaLa Hsu: From Nurse to Golden Melody Queen, the Singer Who Rewrote the Talent Show Script
In 2008, LaLa Hsu quit her nursing job and secretly entered the third season of Super Star Avenue, nearly buying a bu...
Our Shame (Ao and Mountain): Two Tech Workers Who Said in Synthesizers What They Couldn't Say at the Office
Our Shame (凹與山) is a Taiwanese folktronica duo. Members Estelle H (lead vocals, synthesizer, producer) and Isan (drum...
Chang Yu-sheng: From Idol to Prophet, a Musical Experiment That Crossed Generations
In 1989, the son of an army entertainment troupe leader debuted with 'Miss You Every Day' selling 350,000 copies and ...
Hello Nico: Eight Years of Silence, Then 'I Missed the Stage'
A Taiwanese indie band that won the StreetVoice annual chart with 'Flower' in 2014 and received a Golden Melody Award...
VH (Vast & Hazy): Fifteen Years of Directional Calibration for an 'Exit-System Band'
Formed at the Tamkang University Golden Bell Award in 2011, went on hiatus in 2014, returned as a duo in 2017, and wa...
Jay Chou
A shy 18-year-old boy in 1997 rewrote the history of Mandopop
體育 4
Jeremy Lin
State champion with zero scholarship offers, undrafted, waived twice in 15 days — then he became the most talked-abou...
Tai Tzu-ying
Record holder for 214 weeks as world number one, Taiwan's badminton queen — from Kaohsiung's Qianzhen District to an ...
Kuo Hsing-chun
Taiwanese weightlifter, three-time Olympic medalist (2016 bronze, 2021 gold, 2024 bronze), world record holder in the...
Yani Tseng
109 weeks at World No. 1, 15 LPGA titles including 5 majors, became the youngest player in history to claim 5 major c...
其他 22
Tsao Hsing-cheng: From Wafer-Foundry Tycoon to Taiwan's "Eight-Nots" Defender Against China
In 1984 he proposed wafer foundry to Morris Chang and was brushed off. In 1995 he challenged TSMC with a "joint-ventu...
Chiu Chi-hung: Rising from Web 2.0 Failure to Reshape Taiwan's Digital Advertising Ecosystem with an Engineer's Mindset
NCTU computer science PhD Nathan Chiu took lessons from the failure of his Web 2.0 platform funP and founded cacaFly ...
Wu Bai-fu (Momofuku Ando): From Chiayi Puzi to the Global Table — a Taiwanese-Born, Japan-Packaged Global Legend
In 1961, Momofuku Ando paid 23 million yen to acquire Zhang Guowen's patent application rights for instant noodles. T...
Stefanie Sun: Beat Jay Chou by One Vote, AI Cloned 1,000 Songs, She Said 'Being Yourself Is Enough'
On June 9, 2000, a Singaporean woman debuted in Taiwan with 'Rainy Day,' and her first album sold 330,000 copies to t...
Su Chiao-hui: Stitching New Taipei Together with Law and Detail — A Curator Working Under the Shadow of 'Charge Ahead'
From the daughter of a Formosa Incident defense attorney to a legislator rated Outstanding sixteen times, Su Chiao-hu...
Lai Ho: The 'Changhua Mazu' in a Native Shirt, and His Unyielding Steelyard
On the eve of Lunar New Year's Day 1943, the Changhua physician Lai Ho burned his poor patients' unpaid bills, as was...
Su Tseng-chang: From Formosa Incident Defense Lawyer to the 'Charge Ahead' Premier
In 1979, he defended political prisoners under the shadow of martial law; in 1997, he pulled off an upset victory tha...
Jerry Yang: From Knowing Only One English Word to Launching the Portal Internet Era
In 1978, 10-year-old Jerry Yang immigrated to America knowing only the word 'shoe.' In 1994, hiding from his Stanford...
From Underground to the Presidential Office: Nymphia Wind and the History of Taiwan's Drag Queens' Self-Empowerment
How a Taiwanese boy who was bullied for his gender expression brought the drag art form — once considered a subcultur...
Yin Hai-Guang: The Philosopher Who Planted Liberalism in Taiwan from a House on Wenzhou Street Lane 18
In 1949, a young man from Hubei named Yin Fu-Sheng arrived in Taipei from Nanjing, took the pen name Yin Hai-Guang, a...
Chao Tzu-chiang: The Undefeated Soul Behind the Grandma's Apron
In 1984, Chao Tzu-chiang joined the Lanling Theater Workshop after spotting a 'free all year' ad — launching a legend...
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In 1987, when tsmc-morris-chang established Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in Hsinchu Science Park, every semiconductor company in the world designed and manufactured their own chips. No one believed a company that only did contract manufacturing could survive. Thirty-eight years later, TSMC's market value exceeds 90% of global enterprises, and the world's most advanced chips are all produced in Taiwan.
The same year, Taiwan lifted martial law that had lasted for thirty-eight years.
These two seemingly unrelated events share the same backdrop: an island long under compression that, once given space, grows things at an unexpected speed. Taiwan's human stories are this repeated dialectic of compression and release.
🎬 Film & Theater
When the first Taiwan New Cinema film premiered at Cannes, some audience members left because those fixed long shots were so different from the editing rhythms they were accustomed to. But those who stayed saw another possibility: cinema could be this slow, this still, this honest.
hou-hsiao-hsien and yang-dechang redefined the narrative syntax of Chinese-language cinema in the 1980s. Hou's "A City of Sadness" broke martial law-era historical taboos, becoming the first Taiwan film to win the Venice Golden Lion. Yang's "A Brighter Summer Day" dissected the spiritual state of Taiwan's urban middle class during the transition period with four hours of epic scope. ang-lee progressed from his father-son trilogy to Hollywood, with two Academy Awards for Best Director proving that Chinese directors could handle universal emotions. tsai-ming-liang's extreme art films hold a unique position in European art cinema circles, using static long shots to confront urban loneliness.
wei-te-sheng-taiwanese-epic-filmmaker's "Cape No. 7" helped Taiwan cinema regain audience confidence. 齊柏林 used aerial documentary "Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above" to awaken environmental consciousness, continuing to shoot for this island until his final moments.
ang-lee | hou-hsiao-hsien | yang-dechang | tsai-ming-liang | wei-te-sheng-taiwanese-epic-filmmaker | 齊柏林 | niu-cheng-ze-controversial-filmmaker-monga-director | chen-yu-hsun-taiwan-comedy-film-magician | brigitte-lin-legendary-actress | gwei-lun-mei-versatile-taiwanese-actress | sylvia-chang
📚 Literature
Taiwan literature was never purely an aesthetic matter. When pai-hsien-yung-literary-master wrote "Taipei People," the displacement of the mainlander community in his stories corresponded to the rupture of entire modern Chinese history. When huang-chun-ming-taiwanese-literary-master wrote about Yilan countryside, the survival resilience of those small characters reflected Taiwan society's dramatic changes.
zhong-lihe-nativeland-eternal-seeker transitioned from Japanese to Chinese writing, remaining poor and ill throughout his life but never stopping his pen, called "the plowman who fell in a pool of blood." chen-yingzhen was imprisoned for seven years on political charges, later focusing on the underclass from a leftist perspective. li-ang's "The Butcher's Wife" shocked the literary world with female body politics. Chu T'ien-wen progressed from "A Small Town Called Hibiscus" to "Notes of a Desolate Man," her prose precise as clockwork mechanisms, while also serving as screenwriter partner for Hou Hsiao-hsien films, creating a unique landscape where literature and cinema converge.
wu-ming-yi's "The Stolen Bicycle" was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, exploring the relationship between humans and nature through ecological writing, translated into over twenty languages. lung-ying-tai's "Wild Fire" ignited social criticism in 1985. These voices prove that good literature is never disconnected from reality.
pai-hsien-yung-literary-master | wu-ming-yi | lung-ying-tai | ximurong | Chu T'ien-wen | li-ang | huang-chun-ming-taiwanese-literary-master | zhong-lihe-nativeland-eternal-seeker | chen-yingzhen | huang-zhen-nan-book-collector-historian
🎵 Music
In the 1930s, deng-yu-xian-taiwanese-song-composer's compositions "Longing for Spring Breeze" and "Rainy Night Flower" remain the deepest melodies in Taiwan's collective memory. These songs were given different meanings across different political eras; the fate of a song reflected the fate of an island.
teresa-teng's voice crossed the Cold War iron curtain. In an era when cross-strait exchanges had not yet begun, her cassettes flowed from Taiwan into mainland China. "Listen to old Deng during the day, young Deng at night" — her cultural penetration exceeded political propaganda. Lo Ta-yu and Jonathan Lee represent two extremes of Chinese creative music: Lo used "Lukang Town" and "Asian Orphan" to directly confront social contradictions; Jonathan Lee dissected middle-aged hearts with "Hill" and "Song for Myself."
In the 2000s, jay-chou redefined the sound of Chinese popular music, fusing R&B, hip-hop, and Chinese traditional elements. a-mei became a diva with her indigenous heritage and explosive vocals, later advocating for LGBTQ rights. mayday grew from underground band to Asia's largest Chinese rock group. wu-bai's Taiwanese rock injected raw vitality into local music.
deng-yu-xian-taiwanese-song-composer | teresa-teng | Lo Ta-yu | Jonathan Lee | jay-chou | a-mei | mayday | wu-bai | 蔡依林 | jj-lin-singaporean-mandopop-king | crowd-lu-indie-folk-treasure | jam-hsiao | bobby-chen-indie-music-pioneer
🎨 Arts & Design
lin-hwai-min founded Cloud Gate Dance Theatre in 1973, the first contemporary dance company in the Chinese-speaking world. Over forty-six years, Cloud Gate integrated tai chi, calligraphy, and Peking opera movements into contemporary dance, creating a unique Eastern dance vocabulary. Outdoor performances in Chihshang rice paddies transformed contemporary dance from elite art into public culture. Xu Fang-yi emerged from Cloud Gate to become a top dancer on New York's international stage, praised by The New York Times as "the embodiment of power and beauty."
stan-lai-theater-innovation-master's collective improvisation made "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" a Chinese theater classic, while "A Dream Like a Dream" challenges theatrical time limits with its eight-hour epic scope. Ju Tzong-ching transformed percussion from niche to mainstream, establishing teaching systems nationwide.
In visual design, Aaron Nieh defines 21st-century Taiwan design aesthetics with minimalist yet powerful visual language. xiao-qing-yang-grammy-designer received five Grammy nominations, helping the world recognize Taiwan culture through album covers. Fang Xu-zhong's design spans brand identity and curation. jimmy-liao's picture books cross the boundaries between children's and adult literature, translated into multiple languages.
In new media art, che-yu-wu creates digital life forms through algorithms, with works exhibited at Venice Biennale and Art Basel Miami, bringing over 20,000 students into the world of interactive art programming.
lin-hwai-min | jimmy-liao | Aaron Nieh | Fang Xu-zhong | che-yu-wu | Ju Tzong-ching | Xu Fang-yi | xiao-qing-yang-grammy-designer | Chen Jun-liang | stan-lai-theater-innovation-master | Lee Kuo-hsiu | Ming Hwa Yuan
🏛️ Politics & Democracy
Cheng Nan-jung self-immolated for 100% freedom of speech, making April 7 "Freedom of Speech Day." shih-ming-te led the Kaohsiung Incident and was imprisoned for twenty-five years; the trial became an amplifier for the democracy movement. lin-yi-hsiung-democracy-advocate-tragedy-survivor suffered family tragedy after the Kaohsiung Incident, later using hunger strikes to promote nuclear referendum, demonstrating the power of non-violent resistance.
李登輝 completed Taiwan's "Quiet Revolution" over twelve years: abolishing martial law provisions, opening direct presidential elections, pushing for comprehensive congressional reform. Promoting democratic transition from within the authoritarian system is extremely rare in global political history. tsai-ing-wen is the first elected female national leader in the Chinese-speaking world, facing multiple challenges of pandemic, cross-strait relations, and international situation during her tenure. chen-shui-bian-controversial-president and ma-ying-jeou-cross-strait-reconciliation-leader achieved two peaceful power transitions, establishing Taiwan's democratic system stability.
These people used different sacrifices to push democratic experiments, making this small island the only democratic beacon in the Chinese-speaking world.
tsai-ing-wen | 李登輝 | shih-ming-te | Cheng Nan-jung | chen-shui-bian-controversial-president | ma-ying-jeou-cross-strait-reconciliation-leader | lai-ching-te | annette-lu | chen-chien-jen | lin-yi-hsiung-democracy-advocate-tragedy-survivor | 高俊明
💼 Technology & Business
Taiwan's miracle wasn't built on natural resources, but on a group of people finding irreplaceable positions in global division of labor.
tsmc-morris-chang invented the "dedicated foundry" model — not designing chips, only manufacturing — redefining global semiconductor division of labor. Today TSMC manufactures 90% of the world's advanced chips; Apple, NVIDIA, and AMD's cutting-edge products all depend on TSMC. terry-gou's Hon Hai Precision grew from a mold factory to the world's largest electronics manufacturing service provider, with annual revenue exceeding 6 trillion Taiwan dollars. 施振榮 proposed the "smiling curve" theory, influencing the transformation thinking of Taiwan's entire manufacturing industry.
yung-ching-wang-formosa-plastics-founder built a petrochemical empire from a rice shop, embodying Taiwan's economic miracle. jensen-huang, born in Tainan, immigrated to America and founded NVIDIA, now the core driver of the global AI computing revolution. He repeatedly emphasizes the strategic cooperation between TSMC and NVIDIA, securing Taiwan's irreplaceable position in the AI industry chain.
ethan-tu founded PTT, influencing Taiwan's internet culture, later working at Microsoft AI Research before returning to Taiwan to establish Taiwan AI Labs. These people prove that small islands can find key positions in the global innovation landscape.
tsmc-morris-chang | terry-gou | jensen-huang | 施振榮 | lin-bai-li | Barry Lam | steve-chang | mark-liu | cc-wei | yung-ching-wang-formosa-plastics-founder | Shi Wen-long | Ye Guo-yi | jamie-lin-ai-industry-pioneer | ethan-tu
🏃 Sports
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Taiwan's delegation achieved historic best results. kuo-hsing-chun-olympic-weightlifting-champion won weightlifting gold with three Olympic records, journeying from rural Taitung to the world's peak. lin-yang-duo-taiwan-badminton-champions (Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang) badminton men's doubles final shot's "holy grail" pose became a collective national memory. li-chih-kai won pommel horse silver with his signature Thomas flair — transforming from the little boy in documentary "Jump! Boys" to Olympic medalist over twenty years, this arc itself is a film.
tai-tzu-ying maintained badminton world ranking number one for 214 weeks. chien-ming-wang-mlb-sinker-ace's sinker left New York Yankees hitters helpless; the "Wang fever" had all Taiwan waking up at midnight to watch MLB broadcasts. su-wei-hsieh-wimbledon-champion won multiple Grand Slam titles in tennis doubles. C.K. Yang's 1960 Rome Olympics decathlon silver won early international sports visibility for Taiwan.
Behind every medal is the physical practice of "what a small island can achieve." These athletes used speed, strength, and skill to answer questions about limits.
kuo-hsing-chun-olympic-weightlifting-champion | tai-tzu-ying | chien-ming-wang-mlb-sinker-ace | lin-yang-duo-taiwan-badminton-champions | yang-yung-wei-judo-olympic-silver | li-chih-kai | su-wei-hsieh-wimbledon-champion | chen-wei-yin-mlb-pitcher | hong-chih-kuo-taiwanese-left-handed-pitcher | C.K. Yang | chi-cheng-flying-antelope | kevin-lin-ultramarathon-desert-pioneer | lu-yen-hsun-tennis-champion | chuang-chih-yuan-table-tennis-legend | hsu-shu-ching-olympic-weightlifting-champion | yang-dai-kang-taiwanese-baseball-star-in-japan | cheng-chao-tsun-javelin-asian-king | yani-tseng | jeremy-lin
🔬 Science & Academia
Yuan T. Lee won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the first Nobel laureate born in Taiwan. His crossed molecular beam technique in chemical reaction dynamics provided key tools for understanding reaction microscopic mechanisms. Wong Chi-huey invented "one-pot oligosaccharide synthesis" technology, considered the Taiwan scientist most likely to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Ta-You Wu is known as the "Father of Chinese Physics," training Nobel laureates Yang Chen-ning and Lee Tsung-dao, establishing Taiwan's physics research foundation. Paul C.W. Chu is a pioneer in high-temperature superconductor research. Tu Tsung-ming was Taiwan's first medical doctor, earning his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University during Japanese rule, founding Kaohsiung Medical College. Xu Zhuo-yun writes about Chinese and world civilization from a historian's perspective, continuing to care about Taiwan and Chinese world destiny in his later years.
These scholars prove that investment in basic research will eventually bear fruit; academic reputation is a society's most precious soft power.
Yuan T. Lee | Wong Chi-huey | Ta-You Wu | Paul C.W. Chu | Tu Tsung-ming | Xu Zhuo-yun | Huang Guo-zhen
🎓 Education & Society
audrey-tang is the world's first transgender minister, symbolizing Taiwan's digital governance. Digital democracy platforms like vTaiwan and JOIN allow citizens to directly participate in policy discussions; pandemic tools like mask maps and contact registration demonstrated the possibilities of technology-governance integration.
Yen Chang-shou invests in remote area education, promoting educational experiments in Taitung, arguing that Taiwan education should cultivate complete personalities capable of thinking and creativity, not test-taking machines. Yeh Bing-cheng developed the PaGamO gamified learning platform, winning global teaching innovation awards. lu-guan-wei-junyiacademy-founder founded Junyi Academy, this "Taiwan Khan Academy" aims to give every child learning resources suited to their pace.
chen-shu-chu-vegetable-vendor-philanthropist donated over ten million Taiwan dollars from fifty years of vegetable selling income, selected by TIME magazine as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2010. When reporters asked why she donated so much money, she simply said: "Money is useful only when given to those who need it."
audrey-tang | Yen Chang-shou | Yeh Bing-cheng | chen-shu-chu-vegetable-vendor-philanthropist | lu-guan-wei-junyiacademy-founder | Huang Guo-zhen
💻 Digital & Media
ethan-tu founded PTT — Taiwan's largest online forum, still an important venue for public opinion. He later worked at Microsoft AI Research, returning to Taiwan to establish Taiwan AI Labs, promoting open-source AI technology. PTT and g0v communities represent Taiwan's civic technology culture, unique digital democracy assets of this island.
Ray became a representative author of Taiwan workplace novels with "The Bright Times of Post-Rookie." Rex How leads Cite Media Group, an important force in Taiwan's publishing industry. These creators and media figures record society and influence the public through new media formats, creating new areas of Taiwan's digital culture.
ethan-tu | Ray | Rex How | yang-you-ren-shoes-for-hope-taiwan-youth-hero | Chu Ge-liang
🍳 Cuisine & Craftsmanship
andre-chiang-taiwanese-culinary-innovator trained in French Michelin three-star restaurants, then opened Restaurant André in Singapore, selected among Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. In 2018 he returned his Michelin stars and came back to Taiwan to open RAW restaurant, redefining "Taiwan flavors" with local ingredients. His choice — abandoning international prestige to return to Taiwan — is itself a cultural statement: the best ingredients and deepest inspiration are on this island.
Jimmy Wu won the 2010 World Bread Championship with lychee rose bread, amazing the international baking world. From rural Pingtung to world champion, his story is a typical case of Taiwan craftsmanship spirit. After returning to Taiwan, he opened bakeries while continuing to participate in baking education, advancing Taiwan's baking industry technical standards.
andre-chiang-taiwanese-culinary-innovator | Jimmy Wu
These stories of people are not a list of "Taiwan's pride."
Among them, some bled and were imprisoned, some lived in poverty, some chose to abandon everything at their peak, some never stopped writing even in their lowest valleys. Their commonality is not "bringing glory to Taiwan" — that phrase is too light — but that they each, in different ways, answered the same question: On this small island surrounded by great powers, what can one person achieve?
The answers are written in their works, in court judgments, on medals, in donation receipts, and in those studios where lights still burn deep into the night.
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