Liao Hsiao-chun (; born 19 October 1967 in Xiluo Township,

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) is a Taiwanese

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. She worked for many television/radio stations, such as

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, TTV,

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, Voice of Taipei, Super TV and ETTV News. She is most famous for hosting the '' Chao ji da fu weng'' game show. In 2017,

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, the Taiwanese Justice Minister, threatened Liao with a

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lawsuit. However, Chiu resigned in July 2018, in a

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, which the government denied was meant as "a denial of outgoing Cabinet members", without suing Liao. Chiu had previously been the subject of a libel suit threat himself. She opened the documentary film '' Braving the Peak'' in 2024.

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