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	Music of Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With the arrival of the KMT government in 1949, native Taiwanese culture was suppressed, and Standard Mandarin, as the official language of the Republic of China, was promoted.
		Taiwanese pop was sung in a native dialect and was popular among older and working-class listeners; it was strongly influenced by Japanese enka.
		In contrast, Mandarin pop appealed to younger listeners and was greatly aided by the state support of the Mandarin language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Taiwan (896 words)

	Encyclopedia: Music of Taiwan
		Taiwanese (Chinese: å°èªž, å°ç£è©± or ç¦ä½¬è©±; Taiwanese PeÌh-oÄ“-jÄ«: TÃ¢i-oÃ¢n-oÄ“ or HÅ-lÃ³-oÄ“; Hanyu Pinyin: TÃ¡iyÇ” or TÃ¡iwÄnhuÃ) is the primary spoken language of 70% of the Taiwanese population.
		Taitung City (台東市, Taiwanese POJ: Tâi-tang-chhī) is the capital of Taitung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China.
		Taiwanese pop is a mix of rock rap and other styles of music.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Taiwan (2404 words)

	The ‘New Taiwan Person’ - Autumn 1999: CHINA: The Revolution at 50 - MSNBC.com
		Taiwanese pop star Zhang Hui-mei, known as 'Ah Mei' to her fans, meets the Beijing press corps before an August concert.
		Taiwanese were quick thereafter to embrace their own version of history.
		In the race for local offices, Nationalist Party candidates are suddenly campaigning in Taiwanese and watching Taiwanese opera to show their sympathy with the broad population.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/3072143 (975 words)

	ipedia.com: Music of Taiwan Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With the arrival of the KMT government in 1949, native Taiwanese culture was suppressed, and Mandarin, as the official language of the Republic of China, was promoted.
		Budaixi hand-puppet theater and gezaixi (Taiwanese Opera) are very popular, while the latter is often considered the only truly indigenous Han form still extant today.
		Pop stars of the 1990s included Wu Bai, Zhang Huimei, New Formosa Band and Jutoupi.
	www.ipedia.com /music_of_taiwan.html (725 words)

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		Taiwanese President Chen had been provocative, Mr Zhang said, by holding two referendums together with the presidential election in March, and by letting known his intention to revise the Constitution.
		Analysts were not worried by the Taiwanese urging retaliation by boycotting Chinese artistes, maintaining that this would not lead to a deepening of bad blood between the people of the two sides.
		TAO spokesman Zhang Mingqing said at a meeting with Taiwanese reporters on Sunday that only a very small number of Taiwanese businessmen would be affected by China's policy targeting pro-independence investors.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /ST/2004/ST-150604.htm (559 words)

	Asia Pacific Arts: The new new Taiwan cinema: An Interview with Chien Wei-Ssu
		And the sound, that sound is the sound of an era, but in addition to this, it's because in the past, the KMT government denied the history and culture during the Japanese era/occupancy.
		And the other thing is that Taiwanese pop music, especially with young people now, they all think that Taiwanese songs are low class and have a big Japanese influence.
		They actually think that the pop music now mixing in English is a current trend, but in reality 70 years ago, Taiwanese music already had that trend of including English and dance music.
	www.asiaarts.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=30264 (3681 words)

	workshops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Come see what Taiwanese pop is all about with slides, music, and even some videos to give you a taste of what is “in” nowadays in Taiwan.
		This is the intensive pop culture workshop—come and speak your thoughts and opinions on Taiwanese pop culture.
		This workshop is for those who already know a bit about Taiwanese pop and want to learn about it in more depth.
	hcs.harvard.edu /~taiwan/itasa2002/workshops.html (505 words)

	'Radical' A-Mei Cancels Show in China
		As Taiwanese pop singer A-Mei prepared to take the stage in the Chinese city of Hangzhou last weekend, local university students – her natural fan base – unfurled banners protesting her presumed support of Taiwanese independence.
		Other Taiwanese pop singers, who generally enjoy substantial support from young fans in China, have been targeted recently on Chinese internet discussion groups as 'traitors' to the motherland.
		Taiwanese pop diva Chang Hui-mei (張惠妹), better known as A-mei, was forced to cancel a performance in China on Saturday night due to a protest by students from Zhejiang University (浙江大學) who accused her of being a supporter of Taiwan independence.
	yaleglobal.yale.edu /display.article?id=4082 (649 words)

	ANU - Humanities Research Centre - HRC
		Taiwanese language pop music, once all but banned by the KMT authorities, is now heard everywhere from the myriad of satellite and cable television channels to the thousands of karaoke parlours in major urban centres tHR noshadeoughout the island.
		Such roles owe their historical development to an earlier era, when Taiwanese pop was for the most part created by local men and consumed by an expatriate Japanese audience.
		As Taiwanese pop has become increasingly politicised over the last decade, co-opted by pro-independant forces in particular, the gender identities contained in this music have come to the fore, and have at times been put forward as possible national identities for a Taiwanese nation state.
	www.anu.edu.au /hrc/conferences/conference_archive/1998/johan_abstracts.php (1547 words)

	Jay Chou Studio/Zhou Jie Lun/Jay Chow - å‘¨æ°å«éé³å®¤ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Before the satin bedsheets and Ducati motorcycles, before the screaming groupies fainting at his shows and the teenage girls making pilgrimages to stroke his piano bench, there was this narrow stretch of blond floorboard between the leather sofa and the teal walls of Alfa Music's studio in a gray, concrete high-rise in eastern Taipei.
		He saw them come and go, pretty boys who could barely carry a tune, divas who had the attitude but not the talent, boy bands whose members were chosen for their dance steps instead of their voice chops.
		He went from being studio geek to pop star overnight, almost too quickly, and he carries the emotional and psychological vestments of that fame and success uneasily.
	multistars.com /jaychoustudio/time.html (2672 words)

	History of Taiwanese Pop Songs 7/02 - English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is often said, "If you want to understand the events of an era, then listen to the lyrics of the time." Passed down and sung from generation to generation, Taiwanese pop songs bear witness to the island's social evolution, and describe the happiness and sadness of everyday life.
		To trace the origins of Taiwanese pop music, the place to start is 1932, the thirty-seventh year of Japan's colonial rule over Taiwan.
		When Taiwanese students in Japan were evacuated from Tokyo after the Allied Forces began bombing Japan, the Taiwanese students sang the lyrics of Huang's song in their temporary dormitories.
	home.comcast.net /~tzeng2/TaiwanPopSongs/in_english.htm (5777 words)

	Joy Kuo
		Taiwanese super stars are eager to gain their exposure in global scale, and critics acclaim that Chinese pop music will be the next big thing, just like Latin music has been this past few years.
		Taiwanese studio players are not very technically advanced, but they have to think fast and be very knowledgeable in a lot of music styles.
		Lots of classically trained composers were involved in the pop music at this era, so we had to play using electric guitar, oboes and bassoons together.
	www.globalbass.com /archives/june2001/joy_kuo.htm (3583 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ist doch bloß Pop: "Pop star Chang Hui-mei (張惠妹), who was once labeled a 'green singer,' probably never guessed that she would one day be lambasted for not standing up for Taiwan firmly enough.
		The Taiwanese pop diva, better known as A-mei, again found herself at the center of political controversy yesterday.
		The Puyuma Aboriginal singer said she was shocked that some TV talk show hosts urged a boycott of her upon her return from her concert in Beijing last Saturday.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=7623469&postID=109187314487065290 (271 words)

	Comparing Asian Nationalities \| Asian American Poll \| GoldSea
		Taiwanese people are just as Dutch as the Filipinos are Spanish.
		For a taiwanese to say he is proud to be "part" Dutch is like Northern Europeans saying he is proud to be part "mongol".
		who cares about taiwanese ethnicity anyway, chinese are chinese theyre all the same with slight differences the fact is wehther your hokkien, or hakka, taiwanese or hong kongese, or sechuanese to cantonese or nunk....well you get the point, your all chinese and not much different from each other.
	goldsea.com /Poll/Comparing/comparing_20308.html (1117 words)

	Punk International: Article / Country Profile: Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lady Bug, an all girl Taiwanese pop punk outfit, made it over to play a number of dates on the East Coast.
		The Taiwanese bands were very nervous to play at first because of Cross Strait tensions between Taiwanese and Chinese punks.
		They’re lyrics were in Taiwanese, they used traditional instruments in some of their songs, and their shows were known for their destructive conclusions.
	www.punkinternational.com /v2/content.php?article.287 (1281 words)

	LoveKoJerry
		TAIWANESE superstar Jerry Yan, also known as Dao Ming Si of the hit chinovela "Meteor Garden," is willing to pose in underwear in print ads for the Philippine clothing company Bench, which brought him to Manila for a two-day visit.
		A multitude of Dao Ming Si diehards clamors to get an autograph of the pop sensation, but he is quickly whisked away after the 45-minute presscon.
		The pop star, here with Chan, confesses he doesn't like to shop and wears whatever they give him.
	lovekojerry.bravehost.com /articles/disrobe.html (1341 words)

	Jay Chou looks East to crack the West - Boston.com - Asia - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou looks to the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, who made it big in the West with martial arts from the East, for inspiration.
		TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou looks to the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, who made it big in the West with martial arts from the East, for inspiration.
		Unlike some pop stars in Taiwan who have borrowed heavily from the West, Chou's music intertwines Western RandB and hip-hop with a distinctive Chinese flavor.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/07/01/jay_chou_looks_east_to_crack_the_west?mode=PF (686 words)

	Asian Journal Online
		Taiwanese pop star Jerry Yan, also known as "Dao Ming Si" from the television soap opera "Meteor Garden," took Malacañang by storm Thursday, stirring a mob never seen since Mexican telenovela star Thalia visited the Palace in the '90s.
		Peering under streaked brown locks, Yan, wearing a fl shirt and pants, paid a call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at her den before proceeding to the huge, chandeliered Ceremonial Hall for a traditional photo session with Malacañang officials and employees and their families, and with media.
		The pop star is the latest endorser of the brand, which also had Philippine showbiz luminaries in its stable of endorsers.
	www.asianjournal.com /cgi-bin/view_info.cgi?code=00001837&category= (548 words)

	={ EatSquid \| past features }= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Now the pop scene in Taiwan is similar to the music coming out of Japan.
		Of course teens with a pop culture upbringing can remember the first rock show they ever attended.
		Pop music is a culture to call our own and to be shared among our peers, wherever you're from.
	www.eatsquid.net /html/fresh_apop.html (1137 words)

	TIMEasia.com: Asian Heroes - Amei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When a Taiwanese singer evolves into a pop star, his or her main audience is across the strait in megalopolises and villages throughout the vast mainland.
		Furious at the fresh-faced pop star for connecting herself with separatist Taiwanese, China banned her from visiting the mainland.
		The Taiwanese icon had successfully toured China during the height of cross-strait tensions just a year earlier; suddenly she found herself completely unwelcome.
	www.time.com /time/asia/features/heroes/amei.html (1124 words)

	ASIAN SENSATIONS / Pop fads from across the Pacific Rim are finding an enthusiastic market here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although Asia's economy is in the dumps, one export from the region to the United States remains strong: its pop culture.
		Some exports have not yet caught on: Asian pop stars, for instance, are still looking for a crossover hit, he said.
		Taiwanese pop stars Richie Jen and A-Mei Chang hang out at the cafe after their Bay Area concerts, Teng said with pride.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/27/BU196618.DTL&type=printable (1176 words)

	Radi0active Death Review -- Star Runner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As one would expect, the film debut of another pop star is received with a mix of excitement and dread from the young fans of the latest idol to make the jump, and from more experienced film fans respectively.
		On the one hand, this was the debut of Taiwanese pop star Vanness Wu who is a member of the pop group F4 (which funnily enough serves an 'undo' function in Microsoft Word, how symbolic) and of young Korean pop starlet Kim Hyun-Joo.
		Kim Hyun-Joo is successful Korean pop singer also and her performance makes the Twins look like Gong Li and Maggie Cheung, she's like Shu Qi without the personality.
	r0d.oracleswar.com /reviews/starrunner.html (1771 words)

	Billboard.BIZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Taiwanese pop diva Chang Hui-mei, also known as A-mei, suffered whiplash in an automobile accident after a weekend concert in central China, according to her record label.
		Chang was going to her hotel in the city of Wuhan on Sunday when her vehicle bumped into the back an escort car and was then hit from behind by another car, Warner Music said.
		She had kicked off a world tour with a concert in Shanghai on Aug. 3, two years after China banned her performances for singing at the inauguration ceremony of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian.
	www.billboard.com /bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1675089 (224 words)

	Taiwan
		Concerns for Taipei include that Taiwanese investment in the mainland would eventually strengthen its overall commercial competitiveness to the detriment of Taiwan's economy, and that the mainland-bound Taiwan investors would form an interest group susceptible to the manipulation of Beijing.
		Concerns for Beijing include the fear that greater presence of Taiwanese economic power in the mainland may weaken people's confidence in their government in comparison to Taipei's success in development, and that a collection of Taiwan investors may defy Beijing's control.
		In late January 1990, at the same time as the performance of Taiwanese pop singers Lin and Huang in Beijing, crews from all three Taiwan television stations shot footage of the celebration of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year, in Beijing.
	www.fas.org /news/taiwan/1990/900411-taiwan-usia.htm (5906 words)

	Radicus Internet - News of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
		WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (AFP) - Taiwanese First Lady Wu Shu-chen arrived Sunday in Washington by train from New York, on the first trip to the US capital by the wife of a Taiwan leader in nearly 60 years.
		TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwanese pop diva Chang Hui-mei, also known as A-mei, suffered whiplash in an automobile accident after a weekend concert in central China, according to her record label.
		TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- President Chen Shui-bian said Taiwanese should unify against the Chinese military threat, and a former president on Sunday took up Chen's recent declarations that the island was a separate country from the communist mainland.
	www.radicus.net /news/listall/world.asia.taiwan.asp (4120 words)

	ANN
		And pop stardom is something she secretly yearns for.
		In fact, veteran Taiwanese image consultant-designer Chen Sun-hua describes the wave of Singapore artistes to Taipei as "laishi xiongxiong'', or "a fierce and impressive torrent''.
		Indeed, good music and personality are the essential elements for a Taiwanese pop career.
	www.asianewsnet.net /level3_template1.php?l3sec=9&news_id=5389 (1558 words)

	PARC LANDON International Artists Agency - Press Room
		He and his friends from Stanford's Taiwanese Cultural Society made the trip up the Peninsula to see their pop idols A-Yue and MC Hot Dog at their first stop in a 10-city U.S. tour at Slim's in October.
		Fans bombarded the Chinese classical pop artists -- whose suggestive image seems more American than Asian -- waiting for hours to greet them at the airport, then at their shows for autographs and pictures.
		Regardless of the obstacles, the House of Blues' Morrow said he's bringing Wu Bai, the Taiwanese "King of Rock," to the United States for a tour in May. And A-Yue, again, at the end of the year.
	parclandon.com /pressroom (909 words)

	Alec Su (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Alec Su (Simplified Chinese: 苏有朋, Traditional Chinese: 蘇有朋, Pinyin: Sū Yǒupéng) (born on September 11, 1973 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese pop star and well-known actor.
		He became famous as a member of the Taiwanese Idol Band The Little Tigers formed in 1988 and later in his first Chinese TV series Princess Returning Pearl I, II.
		The success of the band began the new generation of Taiwanese pop culture in the early 1990s.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Alec-Su.htm (570 words)

	yehey! News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Because of the forthcoming arrival of the two members of the Taiwanese pop band the F4, a strict security arrangement was now underway at the international airport, a Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) official announced yesterday.
		Manda said he asked the assistance and cooperation of the Taiwanese cultural representative and some top executives of the television network responsible in exclusively airing the coming of F4 in the country.
		The MIAA chief also said he approved the use of the VIP lounge as requested by the Taiwan Economic Cultural Office (TECO) for Vanness Wu Jian Hao and Khen Zhuo Xiao Tian along with Chinese singer-actress Barbie Xu, who is popularly known as Shan Cai in chinovela Meteor Garden.
	www.yehey.com /tabloids/print.aspx?a=12609 (267 words)

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