Shi Wen-long
Wen-long Shi[1] (Chinese: 許文龍; pinyin: Xǔ Wénlóng) is a Taiwanese businessman and the founder of Chi Mei Corporation, the largest maker of ABS resin in the world. Shi has been ranked among Forbes' World's Richest People.[2] He was a chairman of Chi Mei until 2004, when he resigned as chairman, though he still holds significant stakes in the company and sits on its board.
Shi was a senior advisor to Chen Shui-bian during his presidency and is known to support pro-Taiwan independence causes, a stance which has made him unpopular with mainland China.[3] He has claimed that Taiwanese women who acted as comfort women during Japanese rule were not forced to do so, which created much controversy.[4]
Shi is an amateur performing concert violinist.[5] He founded the Chi Mei Museum, in which he collects several valuable string instruments made by Antonio Stradivari or Guarneri del Gesù.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Wen-long Shi is alternatively spelled Wen-lung Hsu. See Chi Mei's profile
- ^ Forbes. Wen Long Shi & family. March 9, 2005.
- ^ China Radio International. China Won't Take Money from Taiwan Separatists. June 1, 2004.
- ^ Landler, Mark (March 2, 2001). "Cartoon of Wartime 'Comfort Women' Irks Taiwan". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70916FE3C5F0C718CDDAA0894D9404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fW%2fWorld%20War%20II%20%281939%2d45%29.
- ^ Forbes. Wen Long Shi & family. February 25, 2004.
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