journalist March Fong Eu – American politician Andrew Fastow – former CFO of Enron Howard Goldblatt – American literary translator Imre Hamar – Hungarian scholar of Chinese studies Ryutaro Hashimoto – former Prime Minister of Japan Jon Huntsman, Jr. – former United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993, and China from 2009 to 2011; current U.S. Ambassador to Russia Koichi Kato – former government minister of Japan Pierre Ryckmans – Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and sinologist Kevin Rudd – former Prime Minister of Australia Chie Tanaka – Japanese model and actress Richard Vuylsteke – President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong Stephen H. West – American sinologist Nomenclature The standard abbreviated reference to National Taiwan Normal University in English is the acronym NTNU. The standard abbreviated form in Mandarin Chinese is the portmanteau Shi1da4. Romanized as "Shida", this form appears transliterated in place names associated with the campus: Shida Road, Shida Night Market, Shida Bookstore, and the like. The word normal in the school's name perpetuates an English usage of the term that, if archaic in some countries, remains common in Asia. A "normal school" trains future teachers in educational norms. MTC is the standard acronym for the Mandarin Training Center. See also Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University Mandarin Training Center References External links National Taiwan Normal University official website Educational institutions established in 1922 Universities and colleges in Taipei Teachers colleges 1922 establishments in Taiwan Universities and colleges in Taiwan Technical universities and colleges in Taiwan