| Joseph Shih | |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Office1: | ROC Representative to South Korea |
| Term Start1: | 15 July 2014[1] |
| Term End1: | 05 September 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Benjamin Liang |
| Successor1: | Daniel Diann-wen Tang |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China |
| Minister2: | David Lin |
| 1Blankname2: | Vice |
| 1Namedata2: | Vanessa Shih |
| Term Start2: | 1 March 2013 |
| Term End2: | 15 July 2014[2] |
| Predecessor2: | Tung Kuo-yu[3] |
| Successor2: | Andrew Kao |
| Office3: | Ambassador of the Republic of China to Belize |
| Term Start3: | 5 February 2006 |
| Term End3: | 9 April 2010 |
| Predecessor3: | Tasi Erh-huang |
| Successor3: | Wu Tzu-dan |
| Office4: | ROC Representative to New Zealand |
| Term Start4: | 2002 |
| Term End4: | 2006 |
| Office5: | ROC Deputy Representative to South Africa |
| Term Start5: | 1998 |
| Term End5: | 1999 |
| Alma Mater: | National Chengchi University University of Pittsburgh Georgetown University |
Joseph Shih or Ting Joseph Shih is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. He was the nation's representative to South Korea from 2014 to 2018, and the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Executive Yuan from 2013 to 2014.[4]
During the 2013 North Korean crisis, in mid April 2013 Shih said that the ROC government had no plan to immediately evacuate the more than 16,000 Taiwanese citizens then living in South Korea. He added that the Taipei Mission in Korea had prepared a task force and was ready for any possible scenario.[5]
After the shooting incident of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel on 9 May 2013 in disputed waters in the South China Sea, Shih was told that the shooting was a warning shot to drive the Taiwanese vessel out of the disputed water. However, he rejected that it was warning shooting because the ROC Coast Guard Administration discovered 32 bullet holes in the Taiwanese vessel. He then summoned Antonio Basilio, Philippine Representative to Taiwan, to explain the Philippine stance on the matter. He also demanded the Philippine government officially apologize over the killing instead of only expressing regret.[6] [7] [8]