Quotes About Taipei

I loved going to the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial in Taipei to watch all the old Chinese people doing tai chi and practicing kung fu. The monument was made of white marble, and it was beautiful. Sometimes my dad and I would practice with them.

I require every Taipei student to swim; if they can't pass the test they won't graduate. Why do I do that? Because I think that is very, very important integral part of their education.

Given recent events in Hong Kong, it'd be political suicide for the KMT (Nationalist Party) in next month's elections for Ma to even be in the same room with Xi right now, let alone meet Xi one-on-one," says Sean King, senior vice president with consulting firm Park Strategies in New York and Taipei.

Malaysia's kind of 'whatever,' but missing the Philippines hurts, as Manila's been such a key cog in America's Asia pivot wheel," says Sean King, senior vice president with the political consulting firm Park Strategies in New York and Taipei, Taiwan. "It's a lost opportunity for sure."

When I spoke at the 2012 Contemporary Women Writers' Conference in Taipei, I thought it offered an appropriate moment and site to announce my new manifesto10 and profession - to be a writer.

You have to go to other countries to realize Taipei is a place where there is diversity of thought.