Chen Chih-hsiung
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Traditional Chinese | 陳智雄 | ||||||||||||
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Chen Chih-hsiung (Chinese: 陳智雄; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Tì-hiông; 18 February 1916 – 28 May 1963) was a Taiwanese independence activist.
Biography
Chen was born in what was known as Akō Chō, a division of Japanese Taiwan, in 1916. He studied Dutch at the Tokyo University of Foreign Languages, and was also fluent in English, Japanese, Malay, Taiwanese and Mandarin. He was sent by the Japanese government to the Dutch East Indies in 1942, shortly after Japan had begun its occupation of the territory, to serve as a translator. Chen stayed in Indonesia after the end of World War II and found work designing jewelry.[1][2] He sided with Sukarno in the subsequent Indonesian National Revolution and was imprisoned by the Dutch for a year. After the revolution, Sukarno named Chen an honorary citizen of Indonesia.[3] Chen later joined Thomas Liao's Formosa Democratic Independence Party and helped secure Liao a trip to the Bandung Conference held in 1955. The next year, Liao appointed Chen the ambassador to Southeast Asia upon the formation of the Japan-based Republic of Taiwan Provisional Government . The Indonesian government eventually arrested Chen and rescinded his passport before deporting him. Chen then traveled to Switzerland and was granted citizenship there before moving to Japan to see Liao. The Kuomintang forced Chen's return to Taiwan[4][5] and asked him to cease his pro-independence advocacy. Despite the Kuomintang authorities' request, Chen founded another pro-independence organization in 1961. The Taiwan Garrison Command arrested Chen for his actions the next year and imprisoned him in a facility on Qingdao Road in Taipei. In 1963, Chen became the first independence activist to be executed in Taiwan.[2][6]
Chen was survived by his wife Chen Ying-niang, whom he met in Indonesia, and three children.[4][1]
References
- ^ a b Lin, Chia-nan (10 June 2018). "New oral history unveiled for independence activist". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ a b Han Cheung (14 February 2016). "Living and dying for independence". Taipei Times. p. 12. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ Chou, Yung-chieh; Yen, William (11 August 2017). "Taiwanese contribution to Indonesian independence recognized". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ a b Han Cheung (27 June 2017). "'A long journey full of tears'". Taipei Times. p. 13. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ Arrigo, Linda Gail (24 June 2021). "Who owns the copyright on Taiwan's history?". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Wang, Chris (28 June 2013). "Groups remember first independence martyr". Taipei Times. p. 3. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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- 1916 births
- 1963 deaths
- Executed Taiwanese people
- Naturalised citizens of Switzerland
- People executed by Taiwan by firearm
- People from Pingtung County
- People of the Indonesian National Revolution
- Prisoners and detainees of the Netherlands
- Taiwan independence activists
- Taiwanese exiles
- Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent
- Taiwanese people imprisoned abroad
- Taiwanese revolutionaries
- Tokyo University of Foreign Studies alumni
- Taiwanese expatriates in Indonesia
- Taiwanese translators
- 20th-century translators