Events from the year 2016 in Taiwan.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

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Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei from 1 ...

Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan. She served a ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is o ...

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Wu Den-yih Wu may refer to: States and regions on modern China's territory * Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former count ...

Chen Chien-jen Chen Chien-jen (, born 6 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist who served as the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2020. He joined the Chen Shui-bian presidential administration in 2003 as leader of the Departmen ...

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...

– Mao Chi-kuo,

Chang San-cheng Chang San-cheng or Simon Chang () (born 24 June 1954) is a Taiwanese politician who was Premier of the Republic of China from 1 February 2016 until 20 May 2016, appointed by President Ma Ying-jeou. Before assuming the Premiership, he had serv ...

Lin Chuan Lin Chuan (; born 13 December 1951) is a Taiwanese economist and politician who served as Premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2017 under President Tsai Ing-wen. He served as Minister of Budget, Accounting and Statistics and ...

* Vice Premier –

, Woody Duh,

Lin Hsi-yao Lin Hsi-yao (; born 25 December 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. Early life Lin studied civil engineering at National Taiwan University, where he earned a bachelor's and degree and a master's degree in the subject in 1983 and 1990, respectively ...

Events

January

* 1 January – The opening of

Taiwan New Cultural Movement Memorial Hall The Taiwan New Cultural Movement Memorial Hall () is a memorial hall in Dadaocheng, Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The memorial hall building was originally constructed in 1933 during the Japanese rule of Taiwan as the police headq ...

in Datong District,

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

. * 10 January – The launch of Islamic Association of Taiwan in

Hualien City Hualien City (; Wade-Giles: Hua¹-lien² Shih⁴; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-chhī'' or ''Hoa-liân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the Pacific O ...

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan ...

. * 16 January **

2016 Taiwanese presidential election Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ing-wen with her independent running mate Chen Chien-jen won over Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and James Soong of the Peopl ...

. **

2016 Taiwanese legislative election The 2016 Taiwanese legislative election was held, along with the presidential election, on 16 January 2016 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Tsai Ing-wen, who also won the presidential el ...

. ** Resignation of Kuomintang spokesperson Yang Wei-chung (楊偉中). ** Resignation of Kuomintang Chairman

Eric Chu Eric Chu Li-luan (; born on 7 June 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. He was born into a political family with strong Kuomintang (KMT) ties, and served as Vice Premier of the Republic of China, under Premier Wu Den-yih. Prior to this, Chu served ...

. ** Resignation of Kuomintang vice-chairman

Hau Lung-bin Hau Lung-pin (; born 22 August 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the New Party, he was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995, and resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. Hau stepped down f ...

February

* 1 February ** Swearing-in of new cabinet led by Premier

. **

Su Jia-chyuan Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; ; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). As the first non-Kuomintang President of the Legislative Yuan, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commiss ...

sworn-in as Speaker of

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 ...

. * 5 February –

Mainland Affairs Council The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) is a cabinet-level administrative agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China in Taiwan. The MAC is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of the cross-strait relations po ...

and

Taiwan Affairs Office The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council is an administrative agency under the State Council of Mainland China. It is responsible for setting and implementing guidelines and policies related to the Republic of China (Taiwan), as stipulat ...

had their first conversation via the newly establish hotline connecting both heads of the offices. * 6 February – The 6.4 Taiwan earthquake affected the southwest part of the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''), killing 117 and injuring 550.

March

* 26 March – 2016 Kuomintang chairmanship election.

April

* 2 April – The official opening of

Hushan Dam The Hushan Dam () is a dam in Douliu City, Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is the newest dam in Taiwan. History and objectives The planning of the dam started already in 1979 and but was approved by Executive Yuan only in 2001. The stated goals of ...

Douliu City Douliu (Hokkien POJ: ''Táu-la̍k'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is also the political and economic center of the county. Douliu City is served by National Highway No. 3. Name Its former name ...

Yunlin County Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County to ...

. * 7 April – The designation of 7 April to be the ''Freedom of Speech Day''. * 18 April – Wan An Exercise in

New Taipei New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...

Taoyuan City Taoyuan () is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County to the south-e ...

, Yilan County,

Hsinchu County Hsinchu County ( Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, wh ...

Keelung Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New T ...

and

Hsinchu City Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...

. * 24 April – The establishment of Taiwan Muslim Association at

At-Taqwa Mosque The At-Taqwa Mosque (; id, Masjid At-Taqwa) is a mosque in Dayuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. It is the seventh mosque built in Taiwan. History The mosque development was started by an Indonesian-Taiwanese couple who own an Indonesian sho ...

Dayuan District Dayuan District (), formerly known as Dayuan Township () is a coastal district in northwestern Taoyuan City, Taiwan. History Dayuan District was originally named ''Toa-khu-hng'' (), literally means a vast (大) vegetable garden (坵園) as an o ...

May

* 9 May – The opening of

Taroko Park The SKM Park is an amusement park and Outlet store, outlet in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is owned by Mitsukoshi, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi. SKM Park is positioned as an "international lifestyle complex" with restaurants, lifestyle them ...

in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung. * 12 May ** Resignation en masse of

Executive Yuan The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan. Unde ...

led by

. ** Agricultural cooperation agreement with

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

signed in Taipei. * 18 May – Appointment of

Hau Lung-pin Hau Lung-pin (; born 22 August 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the New Party (Taiwan), New Party, he was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995, and resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. ...

Jason Hu Jason Hu (; born 15 May 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the mayor of Taichung as provincial city in 2001-2010 and as special municipality in 2010–2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), and has been the Vice Chairman of the p ...

and Lin Junq-tzer as Vice Chairpersons of

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 Tai ...

. * 20 May ** The inauguration of

as the

President of the Republic of China The president of the Republic of China, now often referred to as the president of Taiwan, is the head of state of the Republic of China (ROC), as well as the commander-in-chief of the Republic of China Armed Forces. The position once had au ...

at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei. ** The appointment of Cheng Shu-cheng (曾旭正) as the Deputy Minister of National Development Council. ** The appointment of Tsai Mi-ching as the Deputy Minister of

Science and Technology Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an umbrella term used to group together the distinct but related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The term is typically used in the context of ...

. ** The appointment of

Weng Chang-liang Weng Chang-liang (; born 28 May 1965) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the incumbent Magistrate of Chiayi County since 25 December 2018. Political career Active in the Wild Lily student movement, Weng worked for the Chiayi County Government befo ...

(翁章梁) as the Deputy Minister of

Council of Agriculture The Council of Agriculture (COA, ) is the official government body in the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the Executive Yuan in charged with overseeing affairs related to agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and food affairs. CAO is a ...

. ** The appointment of Kuo Kuo-wen as the Deputy Minister of

Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

. ** The appointment of Lee Wen-chung and

Liu Shu-lin / ( or ) is an East Asian surname. pinyin: in Mandarin Chinese, in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character originally meant 'kill', but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text ...

(劉樹林) as the Deputy Ministers of

Veterans Affairs Council The Veterans Affairs Council (VAC; ) is a branch of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with "responsibilities to assist in education assistance, employment assistance, medical care, home care and other general services" for retir ...

. * 25 May – Tsai Ing-wen sworn in as

Chairperson The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a Board of directors, board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by ...

of Democratic Progressive Party for another term. * 27 May – The inauguration of Wanhua Lin's Mansion in

Wanhua District Wanhua District, known in Taiwanese Hokkien as Báng-kah khu and historically as "Monga" or "Monka", is a district in Taipei, Taiwan. It is Taipei's oldest district. The district is home to historic buildings such as the Bangka Lungshan Temple, ...

June

* 25 June – the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union, representing some 2500 cabin crew from China Airlines, staged the first strike in Taiwanese aviation history. A total of 122 China Airlines-passenger flights from

Taoyuan International Airport Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is an international airport serving Taipei and northern Taiwan. Located about west of Taipei in Dayuan District, Taoyuan, the airport is Taiwan's largest. It was also the busiest airport in Taiwan before ...

and

Taipei Songshan Airport Taipei Songshan Airport is a regional airport and military airbase located in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. The airport covers an area of . The civilian section of Songshan Airport has scheduled flights to domestic destinations in Tai ...

were cancelled as a result. The strike ended within a day following government intervention, replacement of top officials, and management-representatives conditionally agreeing to all seven demands from the union.

July

* 1 July ** The opening of

Nangang Station Nangang () is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, Taiwan Railways Administration and Taipei Metro. The station is served by the fastest HSR express services of the ''1 series''. History Nangang S ...

Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pr ...

in Nangang District, Taipei. ** Hsiung Feng III missile mishap off

Penghu The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west from the main island of Taiwan, covering an ar ...

, killing 1 and injuring 3. * 3 July – The opening of

Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway The Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway () is a railway museum in Pier-2 Art Center, Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The museum building was originally constructed as a railway station. In 2003, the museum building was declared a h ...

in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung. * 7 July –

Typhoon Nepartak Typhoon Nepartak, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Butchoy, was the third most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2016. Nepartak severely impacted Taiwan and East China, with 86 confirmed fatalities. It caused 3 deaths and NT$678 m ...

makes landfall, killing three people and injuring 142. * 19 July – Bus

accident An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans. The term ''accident'' implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks. Most researche ...

killing 24 Mainland Chinese tourists with its Taiwanese driver and tour guide. * 23 July – The official opening of the

High-Heel Wedding Church The High-Heel Wedding Church () is a high-heel-shaped building in Budai Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. It is managed by Southwest Coast National Scenic Area Administration. History The construction was completed on 10 January 2016 and was ...

in Budai Township,

Chiayi County Chiayi County (Mandarin pinyin: ''jiā yì xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Ka-gī-koān'') is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. It is the sixth largest county in Taiwan. Name The former Chinese placename was ...

August

* 22–26 August – The 32nd

Han Kuang Exercise The Han Kuang Exercise () is the annual military exercise of the Republic of China Armed Forces in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu for combat readiness in the event of an attack from the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of Chi ...

. * 26 August – The opening of Taichung Literature Museum in

West District West District may refer to: __NOTOC__ China * West District (Zhongshan), in Guangdong * West District (Panzhihua), in Sichuan India * West Delhi * West Sikkim district Taiwan * West District, Chiayi, in Chiayi City * West District, Taichung, in ...

Taichung 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 Ta ...

September

* 5 September – Kaohsiung and

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

signed sister city agreement. * 13 September –

Typhoon Meranti Typhoon Meranti, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ferdie, was one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record. Impacting the Batanes in the Philippines, Taiwan, as well as Fujian Province in September 2016, Meranti formed as a trop ...

made landfall in Southern Taiwan, killing 1. * 17–25 September –

2016 OEC Kaohsiung The 2016 OEC Kaohsiung was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan between 17 and 25 September 2016. ...

* 27 September –

Typhoon Megi The name Megi ( Korean: 메기) has been used for four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by South Korea and is a Korean word for catfish. * Typhoon Megi (2004) (T0415, 18W, Lawin) – moved through the ...

made landfall in Eastern Taiwan, killing 4.

November

* 1 November – The merging of National Hsinchu University of Education with

National Tsing Hua University National Tsing Hua University (NTHU; ) is a public research university in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. National Tsing Hua University was first founded in Beijing. After the Chinese Civil War, the then-president of the university, Mei Yiqi, and oth ...

. * 16 November – The opening of

DONG Energy Dong or DONG may refer to: Places * Dong Lake, or East Lake, a lake in China * Dong, Arunachal Pradesh, a village in India * Dong (administrative division) (동 or 洞), a neighborhood division in Korea Persons * Queen Dong (1623–1681), pri ...

branch office in Taiwan. * 22 November –

TransAsia Airways TransAsia Airways (TNA, until January 1992 known by its Chinese-translated name Foshing Airlines;For historical pictures with "Foshing Airlines" on it, see: ) was a Taiwanese airline based in Neihu District in Taipei. Though the company started ...

ceased operations. * 24 November – Chien-Cheng Circle started to be demolished.

December

* 10 December – The opening of

Ama Museum The Ama Museum () is a museum dedicated to comfort women in Taiwan. It opened in 2016, in Datong District, Taipei. The original location closed in November 2020, and the museum is scheduled to relocate and reopen in April 2021. Name The museum ...

in Datong District, Taipei. * 12 December – Start of the

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was three international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II Group A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2 ...

qualification round. * 20 December –

São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...

terminated

diplomatic relations Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

with the ROC. * 30 December – The opening of

Chaoma Sports Center The Chaoma Sports Center () is a sport center in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. History The construction of the sport center began in August 2014 and completed in April 2016. On 7 December 2016, Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung inspected the v ...

Xitun District Xitun District or Situn District (, literally "western village") is the second-most populated district of Taichung, Taiwan. It is located on the western side of the city. Once considered part of the countryside, the district has seen rapid growt ...

Deaths

*11 January – , 93, Taiwanese

comfort woman Comfort women or comfort girls were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II. The term "comfort women" is a translation of the Japanese '' ian ...

. *15 January – , 66, Taiwanese businessman, heart attack. *20 January – Chang Yung-fa, 88, Taiwanese businessman (

Evergreen Group The Evergreen Group () is the organizational designation used by a Taiwan-based conglomerate of shipping, transportation, and associated service companies. The Evergreen Group arose in 1975 from the diversification of the original Evergreen Ma ...

). *17 February – Liu Wan-lai, 87, Taiwanese translator. *26 February – Loh I-Cheng, 92, Taiwanese diplomat. *10 March –

Fangge Dupan Fangge Dupan (; 9 March 1927 – 10 March 2016) was a poetess of Taiwanese Hakka descent, renowned as a member of the "generation that straddles between (Japanese and Chinese) languages." Born to a prestigious Hakka family in Xinpu, Hsinchu, s ...

, 89, Taiwanese poet. *18 March – Kong Jaw-sheng, 60, Taiwanese banker, chairman of the FSC (2004–2006), heart attack. *1 April **

Kao Ching-yuen Kao Ching-yuen (; 24 May 1929 – March 2016, aged 86) was a Taiwanese businessman. Kao was born to a poor family in Gakkō Village, Hokumon District, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese-era Taiwan (modern-day Syuejia, Tainan). Kao began working upon ...

, 87, Taiwanese businessman (

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation Uni-President Enterprises Corporation () is an international food conglomerate based in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the largest food production company in Taiwan as well as Asia, and has a significant market share in dairy products, foods and snacks, ...

) (death announced on this date). **, 98, Taiwanese academic administrator, President of

Central Police University Central Police University (CPU; ) is a police academy located in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. CPU is the highest educational institution for police education in Taiwan. CPU is an administrative agency under the Ministry of the Interior ...

(1966–1973) and

Tunghai University Tunghai University (THU; ) is the oldest private university in Taiwan, established in 1955. It was founded by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). It is located in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. According to ''Tim ...

(1978–1992). *8 April –

Wei Chueh Wei Chueh (, 1928 – 8 April 2016) was a Chinese '' Bhikshu'' (Buddhist monk) from Taiwan. He is the founder of the Chung Tai Shan monastery and Buddhist order. Wei Chueh is often credited for reviving the traditional teachings of Chan Buddhis ...

, 88, Taiwanese Buddhist monk. *21 May – Ku Chin-shui, 56, Taiwanese aboriginal athlete, plasma cell leukemia. * 27 May – Wang You-theng, 89, Taiwanese entrepreneur, (

Rebar Rebar (short for reinforcing bar), known when massed as reinforcing steel or reinforcement steel, is a steel bar used as a tension device in reinforced concrete and reinforced masonry structures to strengthen and aid the concrete under tension. ...

), traffic collision. *29 May – , 56, Taiwanese politician, Mayor of

, lung cancer. *31 May – , 62, Taiwanese businessman (

), heart attack. *1 June –

Wang Jui Wang Hsi-jui (; 25 July 1930 – 1 June 2016), known by his stage name Wang Jui (), was a Taiwanese actor. He won the Golden Bell Award three times. Wang died in Taipei of heart and lung failure on 1 June 2016 at the age of 85. Selected filmo ...

, 85, Taiwanese actor, heart and lung failure. *27 July – Lin Kuo-hua, 80, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2005). *6 August –

Chow Lien-hwa Chow Lien-hwa ( zh, t=周聯華, s=周联华, first=t; 7 March 1920 – 6 August 2016) was a Chinese Baptist minister, missionary, and theologian. He was a recognized Christian leader in Taiwan, serving as chaplain to Taiwan's former presidents C ...

, 96, Taiwanese Christian minister. *9 August –

Wang Tuoh Wang Tuoh (; 9 January 1944 – 9 August 2016) was a Taiwanese writer, public intellectual, literary critic, and politician. He was born in , then a small fishing village near the northern port city of Keelung. His name was originally Wang Hung- ...

, 72, Taiwanese writer and politician, complications of a heart attack. * 27 August – , 86, Taiwanese mountaineer, esophageal cancer. * 7 September – , 91, Taiwanese acrobat. * 8 October – Kuo Chin-fa, 72, Taiwanese

Hokkien pop Hokkien pop, also known as Taiwanese Hokkien popular music, T-pop (), Tai-pop, Minnan Pop and Taiwanese song (), is a popular music genre sung in Taiwanese Hokkien and produced mainly in Taiwan. Hokkien pop is most popular amongst Hoklo people in ...

singer, cardiorespiratory failure. * 16 October – Jacques Picoux, 67, French artist, fall. * 8 November – Ho Chih-chin, 64, Taiwanese politician, Minister of Finance. * 18 November –

Liu Sung-pan Liu Sung-pan (; 3 December 1931 — 18 November 2016) was a Taiwanese politician. He served as the President of the Legislative Yuan from 1992 to 1999. He was the Legislative Yuan's first Taiwan-born speaker and presided over a legislature entir ...

, 84, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1973–2004), PLY (1992–1998). *22 November – Chen Yingzhen, 79, Taiwanese writer. * 28 November –

Ng Bi-chu Juan Mei-shu or Ng Bi-chu (; 28 November 1928 – 28 November 2016) was a Taiwanese activist, musician, and researcher. Her father was a victim of the 228 Incident, an anti-government uprising that occurred in 1947 when she was eighteen. She spent ...

, 88, Taiwanese activist ( 228 Incident), complications of diabetes. *30 November **

Peng Chang-kuei Peng Chang-kuei (; September 26, 1919 – November 30, 2016) was a Taiwanese chef who is sometimes credited with being the creator of General Tso's chicken, a popular Chinese dish in Western countries. Early life Peng was born on September 26 ...

, 98, Taiwanese chef, (

General Tso's chicken General Tso's chicken (; ) is a sweet and spicy deep-fried chicken dish that is served in North American Chinese restaurants. The dish is named after Zuo Zongtang, formerly romanized "Tso Tsung-t'ang", a Qing dynasty statesman and military lea ...

) pneumonia. **, 43, Taiwanese astrologer. *1 December – Bor-ming Jahn, 76, Taiwanese-French geochemist. *8 December – , 94, Taiwanese agriculturalist. *26 December – Robert Storey, 63, American-born Taiwanese travel writer.

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