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Wang Hung-wei
Wang Hung-wei (; born July 10, 1964) is a Taiwanese politician affiliated with the Kuomintang, who has served in the Legislative Yuan representing Taipei City Constituency III since 2023. She is the deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang legislative caucus. Formerly a journalist, Wang was a New Party member from 2006 to early 2013, when she joined the Kuomintang. She was re-elected as a member of the Taipei City Council for five terms. Since 2017, she has also served as the deputy chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Communication Committee. She succeeded Chiang Wan-an in a 2023 by-election, and was reelected to a full term in January 2024. Early life and education Wang Hung-wei was born in Keelung. The family originated from Tanggu, Tianjin (today's Binhai New District of Tianjin City). Her father was a sailor and arrived in Taiwan with Kuomintang forces during the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan; her mother and grandmother transited through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanjing, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution. The Legislative Yuan previously had 760 members representing constituencies in all of China (includes provinces, municipalities, Tibet Area, and various professions in Mainland China). Until democratization, the Republic of China was an authoritarian state under the '' Dang Guo'' system. At the time, the Legislative Yuan functioned as a rubber stamp for the ruling regime of the Kuomintang. Like parliaments or congresses of other countries, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Daily News
''United Daily News'' (UDN; ) is a newspaper published in Taiwan. It is considered to support the pan-Blue Coalition in its editorials. History UDN was founded in 1951 by Wang Tiwu as a merger of three newspapers, ''Popular Daily'' (全民日報), ''National'' (民族報), and the ''Economic Times'' (經濟時報). The three newspapers formally merged in 1953. The newspaper is owned by Wang Tiwu's daughter, Wang Shaw-lan. UDN is the flagship newspaper of the United Daily News Group which is chaired by Duncan Wang. The evening edition of the paper, the ''United Evening News'', was first published on February 22, 1968. By August 2014, the circulation of ''United Daily News'' had passed 1 million copies. The evening paper shut down after publishing its final issue on June 1, 2020. Editorial stance The ''United Daily News'' has traditionally been close to the conservative wing of the Kuomintang. Before Taiwan democratized, it was an opponent of political reform; in the years sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Nogizaka's Secret
is a Japanese light novel series by Yūsaku Igarashi, with illustrations by Shaa. The series originally started serialization in MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine ''Dengeki hp'' on June 18, 2004. The first novel was released in October 2004, and as of January 2012, 15 volumes have been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Yasuhiro Miyama was serialized in ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki Moeoh'' between the October 2006 and August 2010 issues. An anime adaptation produced by Studio Barcelona aired between July and September 2008; a second anime season aired between October and December 2009. A visual novel for the PlayStation 2 was released in Japan in September 2008 and a second game for the PlayStation Portable was released for digital download in February 2010. Plot The story is set at Hakujō Academy, a private high school in Japan, and centers around Yūto Ayase and his classmate Haruka Nogizaka. While Yūt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoch Wu
Enoch Wu (; born 31 December 1980) is a Taiwanese politician and businessman. Wu is the founder of Forward Alliance, a Taiwanese NGO focusing on national security. After graduating from Yale University, Wu worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. In 2013, he left the finance industry to pursue public service in Taiwan. He served in the Taiwanese Army's Special Forces Command from 2014 to 2015. Following his national service, Wu joined Premier Lin Chuan's office to lead an interagency task force on Taiwan's security policies and served on the staff of Taiwan's National Security Council. Wu ran for a legislative seat in Taipei's 3rd District in the 2020 general election, narrowly losing to the Kuomintang (KMT) incumbent Wayne Chiang. From February 2021 to June 2022, he served as the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)'s Taipei Chapter Chair. Early life and education Wu was born on December 31, 1980, in Chicago, Illinois, while his father pursued a Ph.D. in political science at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ruling party in Taiwan, leading a minority government that controls the presidency and the central government. Founded in 1986 by Hsu Hsin-liang, Roger Hsieh and Lin Shui-chuan, a year prior to the end of martial law, the DPP is one of two major parties in Taiwan, the other being the Kuomintang (KMT), a Chinese nationalist party previously ruling the country as a one-party state, and its smaller allies in the Pan-Blue Coalition. It has traditionally been associated with a strong advocacy of human rights, emerging against the authoritarian White Terror that was initiated by the KMT, as well as the promotion of Taiwanese nationalism and identity. Lai Ching-te is the current chairperson of the DPP from 2023, who also serves as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fai Hrong-tai
Fai Hrong-tai ( Chinese: 費鴻泰; born 7 July 1954), also known by his English name Alex Fai, is a Taiwanese statistician and politician who has been a member of the Legislative Yuan since 2005. He represents Taipei City Constituency VII and is the leader of the Kuomintang caucus in the legislature. Early life and education Fai was born in Taipei on July 7, 1954, to Fai Jin-ho and Fai Gi-ing. They were a ''waishengren'' family. His father was born in Rizhao, Shandong, and his elder brother graduated from the Republic of China Naval Academy and became president of National Defense University. After graduating from Cheng Kung Senior High School, Fai received a bachelor's degree in statistics from National Chung Hsing University. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in statistics from Northern Illinois University and his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei City Constituency VII
Taipei City Constituency VII () includes all of Xinyi and part of Songshan in central Taipei. The district was created in 2008, when all local constituencies of the 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 four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ... were reorganized to become single-member districts. Current district * Xinyi * Songshan: 2 sub-districts ** Zhonglun: 9 urban villages *** Zhongzheng, Jiren, Dunhua, Fuyuan, Fucheng, Zhonglun, Meiren, Fujian, Fushi ** Beizhen: 4 urban villages *** Xinju, Jixiang, Ciyou, Fusheng Legislators Election results 2016 2020 2024 References {{coord missing, Taiwan Constituencies in Taipei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei City
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Luo Shu-lei
Luo Shu-lei (born November 28, 1952) is a Taiwanese politician, accountant, and member of both the People First Party and the Kuomintang. She served in the Legislative Yuan from 2007 to 2016. She was first seated as an alternate at-large legistor in 2007, won a full at-large term in 2008, and held the Taipei City Constituency III seat from 2012. Early life and work Luo Shu-lei was born in Datong District, Taipei, and grew up in Dadaocheng; her family was relatively wealthy because her father was engaged in the dyeing industry in Wanhua. After graduating from Keelung Girls' High School, she was admitted to the Accounting Department of Soochow University. While studying in college, she began to intern at the famous Cheng Baojia Accounting Firm and gained recognition. Later, she worked as the financial director and deputy general manager of a foreign company that imported American beef until she obtained the qualification as an accountant and established her own firm. In 2004, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Taiwanese Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, the legislative elections were held simultaneously with the presidential election. Elected parliamentarians formed the fifteenth Legislative Yuan session since 1946, when the current constitution came into effect. Voting took place on 14 January 2012 between 08:00 and 16:00 local Taipei time at 14,806 polling stations nationwide. Electoral system Members were elected by parallel voting. Subsidies According to the "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act", subsidies are payable to the political parties who sponsor candidates for Legislative Yuan elections. Article 43 has the following specifications: Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Chih-chien
Lin Chih-chien (; born 27 May 1975) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the mayor of Hsinchu City from 25 December 2014 to 8 July 2022. Early life and education Lin earned his bachelor's degree in business administration followed by a master's degree in technology management from Chung Hua University's College of Management in 2008. In 2017, he obtained a second master's degree from National Taiwan University's Graduate Institute of National Development, where his thesis discussed the 2014 Hsinchu mayoral elections. Both master's degrees were rescinded by the respective institutions after investigations confirmed that Lin had plagiarized his theses for the two degrees. Mayor of Hsinchu City 2014 Hsinchu City mayoralty election Lin was elected as the Mayor of Hsinchu City after narrowly winning the 2014 Hsinchu City mayoralty election held on 29 November 2014. 2018 Hsinchu City mayoralty election Lin won reelection in 2018. Later political career Being term limited f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Taiwanese Local Elections
Local elections were held in Taiwan on 26 November and 18 December 2022 to elect county magistrates (city mayors), county (city) councilors, township mayors, township councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elected officials would serve a four-year term. The election was held alongside the 2022 Taiwanese constitutional referendum. The election resulted in a big loss for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party as all the mayoral and magisterial political candidates in the north were defeated. Tsai Ing-wen, the incumbent President of the Republic of China, resigned as party head after the poll, triggering a 2023 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship by-election, by-election for the position. Background The Democratic Progressive Party announced in November 2021 that, prior to the 2022 elections, the party's chairperson would select candidates for mayoral posts in the Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipalities. Candida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
