Eastern China lashed by typhoon Aug 19, 2007
Men dash for shelter in a taxi in Hsintien, Taipei County. Typhoon Sepat has reached China, where almost one million people have been evacuated in preparation, state media has reported. (BBC News)
* Johnny Neihu's Mailbag Apr 7, 2007
Johnny replies: You're obviously referring to the execution ground at Machangding (m) on the northern bank of the Hsintien River, near where it becomes the Tamsui River. Readers who have not been down there might be interested to know that it is home to an understated memorial to those who died. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Beating the odds with Wu Bai Jun 11, 2006
Now China Blue and Wu Bai have a plush studio in Hsintien. Political considerations intervened in the band's rise to stardom. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
No single replacement for 'god of management' Jun 6, 2006
"A collective leadership is in the works." The son of a tea farmer in Hsintien township outside Taipei, Wang borrowed the equivalent of $6 at the exchange rate of today to open a rice store when he was 15. He won customers by offering services like home deliveries, earning enough to buy his first piece of land. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Sansung and Sony to build LCD factory Apr 11, 2006
After the job cuts, Motorola will have about 1,000 employees in Taiwan, including 300 at its Taipei office and 700 in Hsintien, working in research and development, Chang said. . (International Herald Tribune)
