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unusual facts about HSU


Tai Hung-hsu

In July, 2006, Tai, at the age of 19, was reported to join Chinese side Xiamen Lanshi along with another Taiwanese youngster, Chen Po-liang.


2nd Guards Tank Army

Over 103,000 soldiers of the army were awarded awards and medals, 221 of them being awarded the decoration of the Hero of the Soviet Union, while Semyon Bogdanov was awarded the HSU's Gold Star twice.

Asia Art Archive

Its first Executive Director, Claire Hsu, founded AAA in collaboration with Johnson Chang Tsong-zung and Ronald Arculli.

Speakers have included Ron Arad, Sabine Breitwieser, Johnson Chang, David Elliott, Yuko Hasegawa, Manray Hsu, Hu Fang, Eungie Joo, Vasif Kortun, Barbara London, Charles Merewether, Frances Morris, Alexandra Munroe, Martha Rosler, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sheena Wagstaff, Ada Wong, Wong Hoy Cheong, Pauline Yao, and Daniela Zyman, among others.

Cheng Chao-an

When Cheng’s cousin Hsu Chien (James Tien) goes missing, tensions flare at the ice factory, and a fight breaks out between the Chinese workers and the Thai management.

Da Vinci's Notebook

Richard Hsu was a founding member and Greg "Storm" Dicostanzo a very early member of the a cappella group "The Generics" from the University of Maryland before forming DaVinci's Notebook.

Dan Hsu

Following the launch of the Microsoft Xbox 360 in November 2005, Hsu interviewed Peter Moore, then the head of marketing for the Home and Entertainment division of Microsoft.

Explorations in afro-cuban dance and drum

"Since 1996 local music teacher/musician Howie Kaufman has led Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum, a workshop series at HSU that brings teachers and students from far and wide. Passion for the clave rhythm led some seriously dedicated Humboldters to find ways around the U.S. blockade (United States embargo against Cuba) of the Caribbean island and bring Cuban music and musicians here."—Doran (2011).

Hsu Chun-yat

In May 2013, due to the continuing delay of Taoyuan International Airport MRT completion and the resignation of Chu Shu, former Bureau of High Speed Rail director-general, Hsu was assigned to oversee the operation of the bureau.

Hsu Hsin-liang

Hsu attended now the Hsinchu Senior High School and received his bachelor's degree in Political Science from the National Chengchi University in 1967 and his KMT-sponsored master's degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1969.

After the 2004 presidential election, Hsu, in protest of what he saw as an unfair election, arrived at Ketagalan Boulevard (in front of the presidential palace) on the night of March 24 and staged a 3-day hunger strike.

Hsu Hsiu-ling

Hsu Hsiu-Ling (born February 9, 1982 in Nantou) is a Taiwanese softball player.

Hsu Li Kong

Hsu Li Kong (徐立功, Pinyin: Xú Lìgōng; born 1943) is a film producer most famous for co-producing the successful wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, a BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language as well as an Independent Spirit Award for Best Film.

Hsu Ta Tung

His daughters Daisy Hsu and Rita Fan were born in Shanghai, with the latter named after American film star Rita Hayworth, who was then very popular in Shanghai.

Jerry Hsu

Following the dissolution of Maple, Hsu joined the Enjoi company and is featured in the final section of Enjoi's skateboarding video Bag of Suck; his part's musical accompaniment is Sonic Youth's cover version of The Carpenters' song "Superstar" and Cass McCombs's "Sacred Heart".

The series was introduced through the company's blog and the series is entitled, "Rolling Through the Shadows"—Whiteley explains in the introduction that he will interview a selection of skateboarders that "have gravitated towards Leica M equipment", including Hsu and others, such as Ed Templeton and Arto Saari.

Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health

On January 14, 2004 the Board of Regents established the first School of Public Health in the University System of Georgia and named it the Jiann-Ping Hsu School of Public Health.

John Blofeld

Blofeld became a pupil of Hsu Yun but actually received training in Chan (Zen) meditation from Hsu Yun's pupils at a monastery near Kunming, Yunnan.

Lin Cheng-feng

Born in Penghu, Taiwan, Lin was adopted by his foster family, and adopted the family name Hsu as his surname.

Norman Hsu

As an example, a New York investment fund run by Woodstock Festival founder Joel Rosenman invested $40 million spread over 37 separate deals with a Hsu company.

Norman N. Hsu

Hsu immigrated to the United States in 1979, and was employed by the United States Postal Service in 1981.

Born in Singapore and raised in Southeast Asia, Hsu went on to Taiwan and studied political science at the National Taiwan University.

Susan Rosenberg

Rosenberg was one of the first two inmates of the High Security Unit (HSU), a high-security isolation unit in the basement of the Federal Correctional Institution (currently the Federal Medical Center) in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Mouldy Lovers

The Mouldy Lovers began in early 2010 in the Brisbane suburb of West End as a folk trio, composed of Louis Whelan, Jade Channells and Matt Hsu, regularly performing at markets and venues.

Zagreb local elections, 2005

The elections mainly pitted the former mayors Milan Bandić (coalition of SDP, HSS and HSU) and Marina Matulović-Dropulić (coalition of HDZ, DC, HSLS and Croatian Demochristians), the two being represented by the two major Croatian political parties, SDP and HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union).


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