Linda Din

Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo ( Chinese ) In " The Daughter of a National Defense Employee " (Linda Din, 2001: pp. 110–111), there is an essay titled “ Xingxiu Temple 's Banyan Tree .” Fig 1: A Book "The Daughter of a National Defense Employee" In 1998, the APEC host— Malaysia ’s ASLI—hoped that speaker Linda Din (Ding Lin-Hong) could reveal Taiwan ’s secret to weathering the Asian Financial Crisis. When she referred to the “ banyan tree ,” a symbol familiar across Southeast Asia , the audience at APEC erupted in applause. Fig 2: Banyan tree and aerial roots In the past, we had two houses in Xindian. One served as a laboratory — many TES inventions were born there and continue to influence the world today; for example, the “ 13.56 MHz ” technology that requires you to “ beep ” twice when taking the MRT each day. The other house was a quiet weekend retreat, where we would also visit nearby Baiji Mountain to enjoy tea and conversation. Xingxiu Te...

Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo ( Chinese ) At a recent meeting, someone said: “ As long as there are still people in this world tapping EasyCards, swiping for payment, and browsing smart retail, the cartels are, in legal effect, endlessly helping you expand your accounts receivable (AR)!” On Monday morning, while holding an old cardboard box and waiting for the garbage truck, I curiously opened it and found a 25-year-old book, " Women in Charge " (Business Information Culture, 2001), and a AV Connector Patent Certificate from the Central Standards Bureau. After letting AI interpret it, I discovered an astonishing secret, which also confirmed what was said at the recent meeting. Fig 1: "Women in Charge" (Business Information Culture, 2001) After " Women in Charge " was published, I still remember the media comment: “ Linda Din ( 丁玲虹， Ding Lin-Hong) is Taiwan’s Carly Fiorina .” It took a lot of effort to clarify at the time that, apart from both be...