Academy Award for best actress

Malaysian-born actor Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress on Sunday for her multifaceted performance in the ...

CALIFORNIA MEETING: The US House of Representatives speaker said the planned meeting would have no bearing on whether he would travel to Taiwan at a later date US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed plans to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) in the US this year, but added that the meeting does not preclude a trip to Taiwan later. CHANGE OF PLACE: Because of security concerns, the president convinced the House speaker to meet in meet in California instead of Taiwan, a ‘Financial Times’ report said President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) might meet US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California, a Financial Times report said on Monday. In a written report to the Legislative Yuan that MAC Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) is expected to deliver in the legislature today, the council says that China is increasingly using political, military and economic coercion against Taiwan, and employing an alternating hard-soft strategy in its “united front” efforts. UNITED FRONT: Business leaders and grassroots organizations in Taiwan are being engaged in response to what Beijing calls ‘foreign interference,’ a MAC report says Beijing is seeking to discuss unification with Taiwanese businesses and other institutions “through a variety of channels,” the latest Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) report on China says. Due to security concerns, the president “has convinced US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet in California rather than Taipei,” the Financial Times said. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibility.