The term “Taiwan zhiguang,” or “the pride and glory of Taiwan,” has been used to describe the likes of Chien-Ming Wang, Yani Tseng, and Jeremy Lin, among other Taiwanese and Taiwanese American athletes. Their accomplishments range from World Series titles to Olympic gold medals, and in addition to playing their respective sports, these athletes have also become cultural ambassadors for Taiwanese and Taiwanese Americans throughout the world. With professional sports beginning to resume under…
Join Jessica Chen (External Vice President), Cynthia Van (Treasurer), and your fellow Taiwanese American Professionals - New York (TAP-NY) members for an evening of dining and great conversation at this month’s TAP dinner series. Whether you prefer your soba hot or cold, the health benefits of buckwheat noodles are enormous, and Soba Totto located Midtown East is the perfect spot for your July soba fix! Jess remains extremely involved with our TAP sports teams and Cynthia is one of our many TAP…
TaiwaneseAmerican.org's special correspondent, Esther, recently met up with Sports Host/Anchor of FOX Sports Southwest in Houston's Chinatown to talk about his career path, family, and passions. As one of the very few Asian Americans in the sports broadcasting industry, he is driven to make change in his hometown and through national broadcasts. It all starts with good bowl of Taiwanese beef noodle soup. We are one of the first customers at Star Snow Ice; it opened just minutes ago at 11:00…
2/6/10 UPDATE: Vote for Jeremy for the Bob Cousy Award -- he is one of 11 finalists and voting is allowed every 24 hours per email. Let's show our support and vote each day between now and when the voting ends March 5!
-- I first heard about Jeremy Lin only recently when my friend Alvin Lin shared his article in Hyphen Magazine summarizing the media coverage on Jeremy's increasing fame. Since I live in the Boston area and was curious to see how good he really was, I invited friends and members…
