Hsu Jung-shu explained

Hsu Jung-shu
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Smallimage:VOA Hsu Jung-Shu 23july09 195.jpg
Order:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Constituency:Republic of China
Term Start:23 June 2005
Term End:31 January 2008
Predecessor:Tsai Huang-liang
Constituency1:Republic of China
Term Start1:1 February 1993
Term End1:31 January 2005
Constituency2:Taiwan 3rd
Term Start2:1 February 1981
Term End2:31 January 1984
Birth Date:1939 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Kōshun, Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Pingtung County, Taiwan)
Spouse:Chang Chun-hung
Nationality:Taiwanese
Alma Mater:National Taiwan Normal University
Occupation:politician

Hsu Jung-shu (; born 27 December 1939) is a Taiwanese politician. She co-founded the Democratic Progressive Party in 1986, but was expelled over a 2009 trip to China.

Education and activism

Hsu graduated from National Taiwan Normal University.[1] When her husband Chang Chun-hung was imprisoned in the aftermath of the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident, Hsu left her job as a teacher to run for the Legislative Yuan.[2] Because Hsu was active in the tangwai movement as a distributor of opposition publications, the Kuomintang raided her house for copies of Senh Kin and Taiwan Weekly in January 1984 and September 1985, respectively.[3] [4]

Political career

In her 1980 election to the legislature, Hsu won 190,000 votes, a district record, and was the only tangwai-affiliated woman to be seated.[2] During her first term, Hsu continued active participation in opposition causes, visiting jailed activist Lin Hung-hsuan in January 1985 and making a May 1986 trip to the United States to address the first meeting of the US Congressional Committee for Democracy on Taiwan alongside Chou Ching-yu.[5] [6] That September, she and seventeen others founded the Democratic Progressive Party.[7] Within the DPP, Hsu was linked to the New Dynamics and Formosa factions.[8] [9] She was entrusted with the responsibilities of high ranking party posts, becoming the first woman to serve as party whip.[10] Hsu was also chair of the Central Review Committee and has served on the Central Standing Committee.[11] [12] Though she stepped down at the end of her term in 2005, Hsu was reappointed to the Legislative Yuan when Tsai Huang-liang chose to run for the Nantou County magistracy.[13] Hsu was sworn in on 23 June.[14] The next year, Kuomintang legislator Chiu Yi accused Hsu and others of embezzlement.[15] [16]

In 2007, Hsu visited China to discuss Cross-Strait crime.[17] Later that year, she was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Summer Games.[18] In 2009, Hsu began attending the Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, despite senior DPP officials having advised her against it.[19] [20] Hsu's party membership was suspended on 23 July 2009, and she was officially expelled four days later.[21] [22] Shortly after her expulsion, Hsu founded the People United Party. She attended the 2010 forum,[23] [24] and the following year declared her candidacy for the 2012 presidential election.[25] Hsu eventually dropped out of the campaign. In 2013, she was again in attendance at the Cross-Strait forum.[26] Hsu sought the presidency again in 2016, and received support from the Taiwan Progressive Party, National Health Service Alliance, and Zhongshan Party.[27] [28] Her candidacy was nullified in November, as the People United Party had not submitted its petition of signatures to the Central Election Commission by the deadline.[29]

Personal life

Due to the events of the Kaohsiung Incident, Chang Chun-hung and Hsu Jung-shu have separated.[30] [31]

Notes and References

  1. News: Chang Hsu Jung-shu (4). 6 March 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  2. News: Ko. Shu-ling. Newsmakers: DPP lawmaker Hsu Jung-shu again raising eyebrows. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 19 February 2002.
  3. Freedom of the press?. Taiwan Communique. April 1984. 25. 1027-3999. 15.
  4. Secret police enters legislator Hsu Jung-shu's home. Taiwan Communique. October 1985. 22. 19. 1027-3999.
  5. Prison preport. Taiwan Communiqué. 18. 10. 1027-3999.
  6. Committee for Democracy on Taiwan Set Up in the U.S.A.. Taiwan Communique. August 1986. 26. 6. 1027-3999.
  7. News: Chung. Li-hua. Chin. Jonathan. DPP members say party must discuss core values. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 30 September 2016.
  8. News: Ko. Shu-ling. DPP doles out top party positions among factions. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 22 July 2002.
  9. News: Chang. Yun-ping. Factions in DPP could be near end. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 13 June 2004.
  10. News: Ko. Shu-ling. DPP legislator to become Cabinet secretary-general. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 18 June 2002.
  11. News: Yeh. Lindy. DPP lawmaker expelled for not disclosing vote. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 2 April 2004.
  12. News: DPP likely to ban attendance at mainland forum. 6 March 2017. Taiwan Today. 8 July 2009.
  13. News: Ko. Shu-ling. DPP legislator-at-large to run for county commissioner. 1 November 2016. Taipei Times. 15 June 2005.
  14. News: Hsu Jung-shu (6). 6 March 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  15. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Huang. Jewel. Ko. Shu-ling. Chiu Yi accuses official of graft. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 11 April 2006.
  16. News: Chang. Rich. Chiu Yi criticizes prosecutors in face of multiple lawsuits. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 23 July 2006.
  17. News: Lawmakers to visit PRC. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 16 January 2007.
  18. News: DPP duo slam Beijing. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 4 October 2007.
  19. News: Chang. Rich. DPP mulls disciplinary action for PRC visit. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 14 July 2009.
  20. News: DPP members to attend mainland forum. 6 March 2017. Taiwan Today. 7 July 2009.
  21. News: DPP suspends cross-strait forum attendees. 6 March 2017. Taiwan Today. 24 July 2009.
  22. News: DPP kicks out Cross-Strait Forum recalcitrants. 6 March 2017. Taiwan Today. 28 July 2009.
  23. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Delegation heads to Guangzhou for KMT-CCP forum. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 9 July 2010.
  24. News: Ma stresses pragmatic cross-strait relations. 6 March 2017. Taiwan Today. 9 July 2010.
  25. News: Independent candidates' registration period ends. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 21 September 2011.
  26. News: Ma restates stance on cross-strait political issues. 6 March 2017. Taiwan Today. 23 October 2013.
  27. News: Taiwan elections - A contest between women. 6 March 2017. Deutsche Welle. 19 July 2015.
  28. News: 許榮淑參選總統 矢志用人生最後力量改造台灣. 6 March 2017. Apple Daily. 7 July 2015. zh.
  29. News: 中選會:4組獨立參選人連署不足額. 6 March 2017. Central News Agency. 17 November 2015. zh.
  30. News: Hsu. Crystal. Chang boosts rival for presidency of Examination Yuan. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 9 May 2002.
  31. News: Lin. Chieh-yu. Yao leads Examination Yuan chief hopefuls. 6 March 2017. Taipei Times. 30 April 2002.