Sun Yat-Sen
(1866–1925), Chinese revolutionary. Sun Yat-sen was born near Guangzhou (Canton) to a farming family. His personal name was Wen, his style or secondary name was Yat-sen, and his rev...
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Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) was the preeminent leader of China's republican revolution. He did much to inspire and organize the movement that overthrew the Manchu dynasty in 1911 and through the Kuomintan...
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San Diego, California - August 19, 2007 – Sandy Dhuyvetter, Executive Producer and Host of TravelTalkMEDIA, a subsidiary of CelestiaLINK, LLC, announced today that a new alliance has been for...
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Taipei (dpa) - Hydropower has always been considered the cleanest
forms of power generation, but a study published in Taiwan on Friday
showed that hydropower contributes to ...
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Taipei (dpa) - More than 10,000 homosexuals marched through Taipei
Saturday to demand equal rights and the legalization of gay marriage.
Escorted by police cars and ...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan animal lovers have captured a stray dog that
for two years had posed a traffic hazard on a Taiwan expressway, but
in the process they angered police wh...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan's name-change campaign to inform the world
that Taiwan is a sovereign sate, not part of China, may prove lengthy
and difficult as many company names an...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan, to tell the world it is not part of China,
plans to remove all China-related words from textbooks, a newspaper
said on Saturday.
The Ch...
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SHANGHAI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - An 800-year-old merchant ship
was raised from the bottom of the South China Sea on Saturday,
loaded with artefacts that might confirm the existence of an
ancient marit...
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Dec 22 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on December 29 since 1900: 1911 - Sun Yat Sen became the first president of the Chinese
Republic. 1940 - German aircraft ...
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Feb 5 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on February 12 since 1900: 1912 - China's Manchu dynasty under Pu Yi abdicated and a
provisional republic was established ...
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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2007. There are 82 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 10, 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Md.On this...
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