Jeremy Lin
Professional Basketball Player
"The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop."
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Fred Thompson
Politician
"But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid."
Jung Chang
Author
"I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned."
Coco Lee
Singer, Actress
"I also combined the R&B feel with the pop music of Taiwan... I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's the type of music I grew up listening to."
Ang Lee
Director, Producer
"In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street."
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"The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing."
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"My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born and brought up in Taiwan. But you absorb the trauma. My parents had no sense of security."
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"I just want people to respect the privacy of my relatives in Taiwan. ... They need to live their lives as well."
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