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Chung-Ming Wang

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Chung-Ming Wang
Born
Wang Chung-Ming

8 December 1978 (1978-12-08) (age 45)
Alma materNational Hsinchu University of Education
National Chung Cheng University
Occupation(s)Politician, environmentalist and gay rights activist
Political partyGreen Party Taiwan

Chung-Ming Wang (Chinese: 王鐘銘; pinyin: Wáng Zhōngmíng; born 8 December 1978) is a Taiwanese Wikipedian, politician, environmentalist and gay rights activist.

Politics

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He is a member of the central executive committee of Green Party Taiwan.[1] He was a candidate running for a councilor seat in New Taipei City (formerly Taipei County) in 2010[2] and was expected to run in the district legislative election in 2012.[3] Before Wang became a politician and activist, he was an editor of books and magazines. Wang joined the Green Party in 2006 and is openly gay.[4]

Wikipedian

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Chung-Ming Wang joined Wikipedia in March 2004. He was mentioned in the China Times in May 2004,[5] which made him the first Taiwanese Wikipedian who was reported in the media.

Wang prepared the formation of Wikimedia Taiwan from February in 2006 and he was elected as a director in the first Congress of Wikimedia Taiwan.[6]

Activity

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In Oct 2011, when Occupy Wall Street protests spread to cities in Asia, Wang and protesters gathered outside the Taipei 101 building because "A large building like Taipei 101 is a clear symbol of wealth."[7]

On April 17, 2012, for protesting the Tamsui North Shore Road Project, Wang filed a lawsuit with the High Administrative Court of Taiwan. On September 4, 2013, the court declared the EIA report as invalid.[8]

In April 2013, Wang and other anti-nuclear group members had a meeting about nuclear waste with Taiwan Premier Jiang Yi-huah.[9] During the same period, Wang joined a tree-occupying action.[10][11]

Jail

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Wang was charged with obstructing official duties and was found guilty and was put in jail twice. One is for a protest against the demolition of a military veterans community, and the other is for a protest against the removal of trees for a public construction project. Both is sentenced to three months.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Andrew C.C.Huang (Nov 25, 2010). Across the spectrum. Taipei Times.
  2. ^ 威克 (2010-11-17). 專訪:同志市議員候選人 (in Chinese). BBC.
  3. ^ Staff writer, with CNA (Jul 11, 2011). Green Party to nominate 10 legislative candidates. Taipei Times.
  4. ^ Sylvia Tan and Ashley Wu (26 Nov 2010). PEOPLE: Wang Chung-ming. Fridae.
  5. ^ 李怡志 (2004-05-16). 〈大家來寫維基百科全書〉. 《中時晚報》 (in Chinese). 中國時報社.
  6. ^ Wikimedia Taiwan in Wikimedia Meta-Wiki
  7. ^ Occupy Wall St protests spread to Asia Pacific, Telegraph, 15 Oct 2011
  8. ^ Simona A. Grano,2015,Routledge,Environmental Governance in Taiwan: A New Generation of Activists and Stakeholders (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series),9781138831407
  9. ^ "Jiang meets anti-nuclear groups". Taipei Times. 2013-04-04.
  10. ^ "Activists take turns to occupy trees". Taipei Times. 2013-03-30.
  11. ^ "Police remove man from tree after 12 day protest". Taipei Times. 2013-04-09.
  12. ^ Protecting the right to protest, Taipei Times, Jan 27 2016