73 Notable alumni of
Fu Jen Catholic University
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Fu Jen Catholic University is 236th in the world, 45th in Asia, and 4th in Taiwan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 73 notable alumni from Fu Jen Catholic University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jolin Tsai
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- Studied in 1999-2003
- Occupations
- voice actorperforming artistrecording artistsongwriterlyricist
- Biography
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Jolin Tsai is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen of C-Pop", she is one of the most influential pop cultural figures in the Chinese-speaking world. Recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in musical style and visual image, she is a key figure of popularizing dance-pop as mainstream music in Greater China. She maintains control over every aspects of her career, her works, which incorporate social themes and ideological connotations, have achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim.
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Vivian Sung
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Vivian Sung Yun-hua is a Taiwanese actress. She is best known for the films Café. Waiting. Love (2014) and Our Times (2015), as well as the television series Lost Romance (2020). She was nominated for the Best Actress award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards for her role as Lin Zhen-xin in Our Times.
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Nicky Wu
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorsingerrecording artist
- Biography
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Nicholas Wu Qilong is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He found fame in 1988 when he became a member of the popular Taiwanese band Xiao Hu Dui (Little Tiger Team), performing alongside Alec Su and Julian Chen. The trio were extremely successful in Taiwan, selling over 15 million albums. During his time with Little Tigers Team, he pursued a solo career, releasing an extensive catalogue of songs, Mandarin and Cantonese albums as a solo artist when member Julian Chen left the group to serve compulsory military service. Wu released his debut solo album in 1992.
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Lin Yun-Ju
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Lin Yun-Ju is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He is a left-handed player who plays with the shakehand grip.
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Kuo Hsing-chun
- Occupations
- weightlifter
- Biography
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Kuo Hsing-chun is a Taiwanese Amis weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist, five time world champion, two time Universiade champion, Asian Games champion, and five time Asian champion, competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. She has set 11 senior world records in her career.
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Tsao Yu-ning
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Akira Tsao Yu-ning is a Taiwanese actor, best known for his portrayal of Akira in the 2014 sports film Kano. Prior to his debut as an actor, Tsao was a professional baseball player, and played for Taiwan at international tournaments.
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Faye
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwritersongwriter
- Biography
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Zhan Wen-ting, known professionally as Faye, is a Taiwanese singer and businesswoman. She is the former lead vocalist of pop rock band F.I.R., who won Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist in 2005.
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Cheng Nan-jung
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Cheng Nan-jung was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist. He was the founder of the Freedom Era Weekly. He is most known internationally for setting himself on fire in support of freedom of speech.
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David Wang
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Wang Yaoqing, also known as David Wang, is a Taiwanese actor.
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MC HotDog
- Occupations
- rappersinger
- Biography
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MCHotDog is a Taiwanese rap artist known for his use of explicit lyrics in his songs.
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Hsueh Shih-ling
- Occupations
- television actorsongwritersingeractor
- Biography
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Hsueh Shih-ling, also known as 40 or MC40, is a Taiwanese actor, singer, rapper, songwriter and television presenter.
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Lin Chuan
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Lin Chuan is a Taiwanese economist and politician who served as prime minister of Taiwan (Premier of the Executive Yuan) from 2016 to 2017, he is the first cabinet head under the Tsai Ing-wen government. Before his premiership, he have also served as the Minister of Budget, Accounting and Statistics and Minister of Finance during Chen Shui-bian's presidency.
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Huang Ching-ying
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Huang Ching-yin, nicknamed Hsueh-chieh, is a councilor representing Taipei City Constituency I on the Taipei City Council. A native of Taipei and a member of the Taiwan People's Party, Huang was formerly a reporter for online news outlet ETtoday News Cloud. She was previously responsible for managing social media for former Mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je, and served as a deputy spokesperson for the Taipei City Government. In 2020, she ran as a Taiwan People's Party candidate for legislator-at-large in the Legislative Yuan. Huang was elected to the Taipei City Council in November 2022, coming first in a field of 25 candidates for Taipei City Constituency I, which includes the northern Taipei districts of Beitou District and Huang's hometown of Shilin District.
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Patrick Shi
- Years
- 1996-.. (age 28)
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- Studied chemistry
- Occupations
- actormodel
- Biography
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Shih Po-yu, also known as Patrick Shih is a Taiwanese actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the drama Someday Or One Day (2019).
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Sean Lien
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 54)
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- 1988-1992 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sean Lien or Lien Sheng-wen is a member of the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang of the Republic of China (Taiwan). He is co-founder of Evenstar Capital and he previously served as chairman of the Taipei Smart Card Corporation, the company which operates EasyCard.
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Pasuya Yao
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Yao Wen-chih is a Taiwanese politician also known by the appropriated Tsou name Pasuya Yao. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018.
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Wang Guangmei
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wang Guangmei was a Chinese politician, philanthropist and the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the President of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968.
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Wu Nien-jen
- Occupations
- film directortelevision actorscreenwriteractor
- Biography
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Wu Nien-jen is a Taiwanese screenwriter, director, and writer. He is one of the most prolific and highly regarded scriptwriters in Taiwan and a leading member of the New Taiwanese Cinema, although he has also acted in a number of films. He starred in Edward Yang's 2000 film Yi Yi. Wu is a well-known supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party and has filmed commercials for the party.
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Heaven Hai
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- presenter
- Biography
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Heaven Hai Yu-fen, also known as Hai Fen, is a Taiwanese host, actress, entrepreneur and television producer. She had her debut as a host for TVBS-G, on Entertainment News, and has appeared in several television series and films since 2009. In 2016, she was nominated for the Golden Bell Award for Best Newcomer in a Television Series for War Family.
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Hsing Su Yen
- Occupations
- television actorbasketball playeractorsinger
- Biography
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Yen Hsing-su, also known as Johnny Yen, is a Taiwanese basketball coach and former basketball player, singer and actor. Since 2017 he has been the assistant coach of the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team. From 2015 to 2017 he coached the Fubon Braves in Taiwan's Super Basketball League.
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Rosalia Wu
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rosalia Wu is a Taiwanese politician. Elected to the Taipei City Council in 2006, she served until 2016, when she won election to the Legislative Yuan.
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Cheng I-Ching
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Cheng I-ching is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei team in the women's team event. Cheng helped Chinese Taipei woman's team win bronze at the World Team Championships and became the first Taiwanese-born medalist at the Woman's World Cup in 2016.
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Chou Hsi-wei
- Occupations
- professorpolitician
- Biography
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Chou Hsi-wei Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. He then served as Taipei County Magistrate from 2005 to 2010.
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Yao Li-ming
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- pundituniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Yao Li-ming is a Taiwanese political scientist, politician, and political commentator.
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Wang Ju-hsuan
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- Graduated with Master of Laws
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Wang Ju-hsuan, also known as Jennifer Wang, is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. She was the Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs from 2008 to 2012. In 2015, Wang was selected as Eric Chu's running mate on the Kuomintang (KMT) ticket for the 2016 Republic of China presidential election, which they eventually lost.
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Neil Peng
- Occupations
- writerfilm directorscreenwriteractorjournalist
- Biography
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Neil Peng is a Taiwanese screenwriter and political activist.
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Thomas Wu
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Thomas Wu is a Taiwanese business executive.
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Su Huan-chih
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Su Huan-chih is a Taiwanese politician who was the magistrate of Tainan County from 2001 to 2010, until Tainan County's merger into Tainan City. Born in a rural township in southern Taiwan, Su graduated from National Taiwan University. He passed the bar examination in 1986 and started his career as a lawyer.
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Chen Chih-Yuan
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Chen Chih-yuan is a Taiwanese aborigine (tribe: Amis) former professional baseball player (position: outfielder).
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Chen I-hsin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chen I-hsin or Charles Chen is a Taiwanese politician.
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Yeh Chu-lan
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- 1966-1970 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yeh Chu-lan is a Taiwanese politician. She had served as the Vice Premier of Taiwan under the Yu Shyi-kun cabinet. She had also served as the acting Mayor of Kaohsiung, Minister of Transportation and Communications, Minister of Council for Hakka Affairs, and the secretary-general of the presidential office of Taiwan under the Chen Shui-bian government. She is the current senior advisor to the incumbent president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen.
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Wu Mingyi
- Occupations
- university teacherartistwriter
- Biography
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Wu Ming-yi is a multidisciplinary Taiwanese artist, author, Professor of Sinophone literature at National Dong Hwa University and environmental activist. His ecological parable The Man with the Compound Eyes (2011) was published in English in 2013.
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Zhang Dachun
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Chang Ta-chun is a notable Taiwanese author and literary critic. He is the author of many novels, two of which, Wild Child ( 野孩子 ) and My Kid Sister (我妹妹), were published together in the U.S. as Wild Kids.
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Cheng Wei-hao
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Cheng Wei-hao is a Taiwanese film director and screenwriter.
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Jhy-wey Hsieh
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- diplomatuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Shieh Jhy-wey is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat who is currently the Taiwanese Representative to Germany, serving since August 2016. Previously, he served as director-general of Government Information Office from 2007 to 2008.
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Rao Ching-ling
- Enrolled in Fu Jen Catholic University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in Department of Chinese Language and Literature
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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April Yao is a Taiwanese politician who is currently serving as magistrate of Taitung County.
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Stan Lai
- Occupations
- film directorwriter
- Biography
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Stan Lai or Lai Sheng-chuan is an American-born Taiwanese playwright and theater director who is perhaps best known for his play Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land. Apart from being a world-renowned theatre artist, Lai is also an award-winning filmmaker, and a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism and has translated multiple books on the subject. Robert Brustein has called Lai "The major contemporary Asian playwright of his time, perhaps of all time."
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Andrew Hsia
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Andrew Hsia is a Taiwanese politician who is a vice chairman of the Kuomintang. He was minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from February 2015 to May 2016, and was chairman of the Association of Foreign Relations (AFR) from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023, he continues to serve on the AFR Board as managing supervisor.
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Chou Szu-Chi
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Chou Szu-chi is a Taiwanese professional baseball outfielders for the CTBC Brothers of Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). At the end of 2008, when the dmedia T-REX folded in a gambling scandal, he was picked by the Brother Elephants in the third round of the redistribution draft.
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Yang Chin-Min
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Yang Chin-min is a Taiwanese professional basketball player who plays for the New Taipei Kings of the P. League+. He formerly played for the Taiwan Beer of the Super Basketball League. Yang also plays for the Chinese Taipei national basketball team and made his national team debut at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009.
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Pan Wei-Lun
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Pan Wei-lun is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
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Hsieh Ming-yu
- Occupations
- songwritersingerrecord producercomposerlyricist
- Biography
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Hsieh Ming-yu is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter.
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Chia-ying Yeh
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherliterary criticpoetsinologist
- Biography
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Florence Chia-ying Yeh, also known as Ye Jiaying (Chinese: 葉嘉瑩), Jialing (迦陵), and by her married name Chia-ying Yeh Chao, is a Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist. She was a scholar of classical Chinese poetry. She taught for twenty years at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and has been Professor Emerita since her retirement in 1989. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. After retiring from UBC, she has been teaching at Nankai University in Tianjin where she is the founding Director of the Institute of Chinese Classical Culture.
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Wu Cherng-dean
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wu Cherng-dean is a Taiwanese politician who is currently the chairman of the New Party.
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Huang Hsiao-wen
- Occupations
- boxer
- Biography
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Huang Hsiao-wen is a Taiwanese boxer. She won a medal at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
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Lin Chih-chia
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lin Chih-chia is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the secretary-general of the Legislative Yuan from 1 February 2016 to 1 February 2024.
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Shih Jun-ji
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Shih Jun-ji is a Taiwanese economist and politician. He served as the second chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission from 2006 to 2007 after Kong Jaw-sheng was removed from office. Shih served concurrently as Governor of Taiwan Province and minister without portfolio in 2016. Later that year, he was named chair of the Taiwan Stock Exchange. In 2017, he took office as Vice Premier of Taiwan under the Lai cabinet. Chen Chi-mai succeeded Shih as vice premier in 2019.
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Su Jain-rong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Su Jain-rong is a Taiwanese politician.
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Steve Chang
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Steve Chang, is a Taiwanese businessperson and the co-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro, the world's largest software security firm. He was named "Star of Asia" by the Business Week in 1999, and he was selected as one of the six protagonists of the Discovery Channel's Portraits Taiwan II in 2006.
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Wang Shu-hui
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wang Shu-hui is a former legislator for the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan.
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Wang Guangying
- Occupations
- politicianentrepreneur
- Biography
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Wang Guangying was a Chinese entrepreneur and politician. He was one of the most prominent "red capitalists", a title bestowed on him by Premier Zhou Enlai. He founded Modern Chemical Works in the 1940s and served as Founding Chairman of China Everbright Group in the 1980s. His sister Wang Guangmei was the wife of President Liu Shaoqi, and for that connection he was persecuted and imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution, when Liu was ousted by Chairman Mao Zedong. Wang was rehabilitated after Mao's death and served as Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress (NPC).
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Andrew Nien-dzu Yang
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Nien-dzu Yang was the 29th Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China, having served 1–6 August 2013. Before this, he was the Deputy Minister of National Defense from 2009 to 2013.
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Paelabang Danapan
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paelabang Danapan, also known as Sun Ta-chuan (Chinese: 孫大川; pinyin: Sūn Dàchuān), is an aboriginal Taiwanese educator and politician. He had served as Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples from 2009 to 2013 and Vice President of the Control Yuan from 2014 to 2020. Sun is a member of the Puyuma tribe in Taiwan, and is also a Roman Catholic.
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Lu Kuo-hua
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lu Kuo-hua is a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Magistrate of Yilan County from 2005 to 2009.
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Walis Perin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Walis Perin is a Seediq Taiwanese politician. He served four terms in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2005, each time with a different political affiliation. He became a founding member of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union in 2004, and after losing reelection, was appointed the minister for the Council of Indigenous Peoples in 2005. He stepped down in 2007, and since then has launched two unsuccessful legislative campaigns, in 2012 with the People First Party and 2016, representing the Democratic Progressive Party. In 2018, Walis Perin was appointed to the Control Yuan.
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Chiang Been-huang
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chiang Been-huang is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Minister of Health and Welfare from 22 October 2014 to 20 May 2016.
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Liao Pen-yen
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liao Pen-yen is a Taiwanese politician who served two terms in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008.
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Joseph Ha
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M., is a Roman Catholic bishop and currently the auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong.
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Wang Jin-yong
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Wang Jin-yong is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player who played for Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) his entire career.
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Zheng Bijian
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Zheng Bijian is a Chinese politician and government advisor whose theories about globalism and transparency emphasize the importance of projecting soft power and peace. Zheng is recognized for coining the term "China's peaceful rise" as part of a Ministry of State Security (MSS) influence operation.
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Chou Kung-shin
- Occupations
- writerhistorian
- Biography
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Chou Kung-shin is a Taiwanese scholar, writer, historian and archaeologist. She served as Director of National Palace Museum from May 2008 till July 2012.
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Huang Sue-ying
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Huang Sue-ying is a Taiwanese activist and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2012.
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Yang Ying-hsiung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yang Ying-hsiung is a Taiwanese politician.
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Lee-Jen Wei
- Occupations
- statisticianbiostatistician
- Biography
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Lee-Jen Wei is a Taiwanese-American professor of biostatistics at Harvard University.
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Katsuben Ri
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-mien, JCD is the fourth and current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hsinchu, in Taiwan.
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José María Liu
- Born in
- Taiwan
- Occupations
- diplomatcivil servant
- Biography
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José María Liu is a Taiwanese diplomat.
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Sheng-Ching Chang
- Occupations
- art historian
- Biography
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Sheng-Ching Chang is a Taiwanese art historian. She serves as the director of the Graduate Institute of Museum Studies at Fu Jen Catholic University and the professor at the Department of History of Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei.
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Tseng Chih-wei
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Tseng Chih-wei is a Taiwanese footballer who currently plays as a forward at the national and club level.
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Weng Wei-pin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Weng Wei-pin is a Taiwanese footballer who currently plays as a defender for the Chinese Taipei national football team.
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Wei-Min Hao
- Occupations
- meteorologist
- Biography
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Wei-Min Hao is an atmospheric chemist, Taiwanese-American climatologist, and currently works in the United States Department of Agriculture. His work directly contributed to the reason for awarding the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He is a member of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and an author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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Wu Pai-ho
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Wu Pai-ho is a Taiwanese football player. He received the "Golden Shoe" award in the Highschool Football League 2006 season.
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Hou Ching-shan
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Hou Ching-shan or Javier Ching-Shan Hou is a Taiwanese diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2015–2018.
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Hsiao Shu-chin
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- para table tennis player
- Biography
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Hsiao Shu-chin is a Taiwanese para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and a silver at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.