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Tony Jian
Tony Jian (; born 18 August 1955) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. Education Jian earned his medical degree at Chung Shan Medical University, and obtained a master's degree in international politics at National Chung Hsing University after beginning studies in a related field at the Department of Public Administration of Tunghai University. Career Prior to his involvement in politics, Jian was a physician specializing in thoracic medicine. He was mayor of Dali District, Dali, Taichung from 1998 to 2002, when he first won election to the Legislative Yuan. During his first term, Jian was named to the legislature's Health, Environment and Social Welfare Committee. He opposed a plan to reduce Public Welfare Lottery drawings because people with disabilities who sold tickets would earn less money. Jian has worked to improve Taiwan's international space, and was critical of the World Health Assembly and World Trade Organization, which barred Taiwanese participation due to politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Legislative Yuan ...
The 10th Legislative Yuan is the current session of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan, which began on 1 February 2020. Members were elected in the 2020 legislative election, in which the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) retained majority status as did pan-green parties. The next legislative election is scheduled for 2024. Single-member constituency Party-list Proportional Representation Notes References {{Legislative Yuan seats by electoral method navbar 10 Lists of current national legislators Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of China Nationality Law
Taiwanese nationality law details the conditions in which a person is a national of the Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northea ... (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan. Foreign nationals may naturalize if they are permanent residents in any part of the ROC or they have immediate family members who are ROC citizens. Residents of the Mainland China, Mainland Area and historically, Outer Mongolia are also considered citizens of the Republic, due to the ROC's extant claim over areas controlled by the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) and Mongolia. Civil and political rights usually associated with citizenship (such as voting and residence rights) are tied to an ROC national's Domicile (law), domicile, determined by whether they have household registration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunghai University Alumni
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Tunghai, Tung Hai, Tung-Hai may refer to: * Tunghai University * East China Sea, from its Mandarin pinyin romanization of its Chinese name (东海) * East Sea (Chinese literature), from its Mandarin pinyin romanization of its Chinese name (東海), and one of the Four Seas See also * Donghai (other) * East Sea (other) East Sea or Eastern Sea may refer to: * East China Sea, a marginal sea east of China, where it is called ''Dōnghǎi'' (/) in Chinese, meaning "East Sea" ** East Sea (Chinese literature), one of the Four Seas, a literary name for the boundaries of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors Of Places In Taiwan
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Progressive Party Members Of The Legislative Yuan
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Taichung Members Of The Legislative Yuan
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiwan, as well as the most populous city in Central Taiwan. It serves as the core of the Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area, the second largest metropolitan area in Taiwan. Located in the Taichung Basin, the city was initially developed from several scattered hamlets helmed by the Taiwanese indigenous peoples. It was constructed to be the new capital of Taiwan Province and renamed as " Taiwan-fu" in the late Qing dynastic era between 1887 and 1894. During the Japanese era from 1895, the urban planning of present-day city of Taichung was performed and developed by the Japanese. From the start of ROC rule in 1945, the urban area of Taichung was organized as a provincial city up until 25 December 2010, when the original provincial city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 7th Legislative Yuan
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Living People
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1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan after 1949. It was the sole party in China during the Republican Era from 1928 to 1949, when most of the Chinese mainland was under its control. The party retreated from the mainland to Taiwan on 7 December 1949, following its defeat in the Chinese Civil War. Chiang Kai-shek declared martial law and retained its authoritarian rule over Taiwan under the '' Dang Guo'' system until democratic reforms were enacted in the 1980s and full democratization in the 1990s. In Taiwanese politics, the KMT is the dominant party in the Pan-Blue Coalition and primarily competes with the rival Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). It is currently the largest opposition party in the Legislative Yuan. The current chairman is Eric Chu. The party ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dali District
Dali District () is an inner city district in Taichung, Taiwan. Name The name "Dali" originates from ''Tai-li-khit'' (), where ''Tai-li'' refers to the Hoanya aborigines and ''khit'' refers to a bamboo raft's toon. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Dali was organized as a rural township of Taichung County. On 1 November 1993, Dali was upgraded to a county-administered city due to its population. On 25 December 2010, Taichung County was merged with Taichung City and Dali was upgraded to a district of the city. Administrative divisions Tunghu, Xihu, Dali, Xinli, Guoguang, Shuwang, Xiangxing, Neixin, Zhongxin, Tungsheng, Dayuan, Jiatian, Renhua, Rende, Jianmin, Tucheng, Tungxing, Daming, Yonglong, Rixin, Xirong, Zhangrong, Jincheng, Liren, Lide, Xinren and Ruicheng Village. Education Universities * Hsiuping University of Science and Technology The Hsiuping University of Science and Technology (HUST; ) is a private university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
