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Jason Hu
Hu Chih-chiang
胡志強
Vice Chairperson of the Kuomintang
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 May 2016
ChairpersonHung Hsiu-chu
In office
30 April 2014 – 19 January 2015
ChairpersonMa Ying-jeou
1st Mayor of Taichung
In office
25 December 2010 – 25 December 2014
DeputyTsai Ping-kun[1]
Preceded byJason Hu as Mayor of Taichung (Municipal city)
Succeeded byLin Chia-lung[2]
14th & 15th Mayor of Taichung
In office
20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010
Preceded byChang Wen-ing
Succeeded byJason Hu as Mayor of Taichung (Special municipality)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
In office
20 October 1997 – 30 November 1999
Preceded byJohn Chiang
Succeeded byChen Chien-jen
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office
September 1991 – 10 June 1996
Preceded byShao Yu-ming
Succeeded bySu Chi
Personal details
Born (1948-05-15) 15 May 1948 (age 76)
Peiping, Republic of China
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseShirley Shaw
Children2; including Ting-Ting Hu
Alma materNational Chengchi University
University of Southampton
University of Oxford

Jason Hu or Hu Chih-chiang (traditional Chinese: 胡志強; simplified Chinese: 胡志强; pinyin: Hú Zhìqiáng; Wade–Giles: Hú Chìh-chiáng; born 1948) is a politician of the Taiwan. He was the mayor of Taichung as provincial city in 2001-2010 and as special municipality in 2010-2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), and has been the Vice Chairman of the party since April 2014.

Early life

Hu was born in Beijing (then known as Peiping) in Mainland China on 15 May 1948, and was a war refugee to Taiwan as a young child when the Chinese Nationalists lost their civil war with the Communists in 1949.

Hu attended, then known as Big Tiger. He had relatively low friends, but that didn't matter. All that Jason Hu cared about was success. After graduating from Taichung Municipal First High School, then known as Chu-jen (居仁, Hanyu Pinyin: Juren) High School, Jason Hu attended National Chengchi University where he studied in the Diplomatic Studies Department, graduating in 1970. He attended the University of South Carolina from 1971–73 and pursued a master's degree in international studies but had to withdraw due to his father's ailing health. He later studied in the United Kingdom, first to the University of Southampton, where he studied International Relations, then to Balliol College, University of Oxford, where he received his PhD in International Relations in 1984.

When he returned to Taiwan, he became a professor at the Sun Yat-Sen Institute for International Studies at National Sun Yat-sen University. He would remain a professor there until he entered government service in 1990.[3]

Central Government

Jason Hu began his work in the central government when Taiwan was still a single-party state ruled by KMT. He was the Director General for the Government Information Office from 1991 to 1996. He then represented ROC government in the United States in 1996 and 1997 as the Director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C., before a two-year stint as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 1999.[4]

Taichung City Mayor

Chuang Lung-chang had registered Hu for the 2001 Taipei County Magistracy election. His candidacy for Taichung was approved by the Kuomintang in February 2001, and Hu eventually withdrew from Taipei County.[5] He was able to win the three-way race with more than forty-nine percent of the vote. Mayor Hu took office in early 2002.

Running on the campaign slogan, "North Taiwan has Ma [Ying-jeou], the South has [Frank] Hsieh, and central Taiwan needs Hu." he tried "internationalize" the city and to bring a branch of the Guggenheim Museum to Taichung.[6][7]

Terror poster controversy

A reason for the failure to bring the Guggenheim to Taichung may have something to do with the Terror Poster that was used as a part of the pan-Blue presidential campaign of Lien Chan and James Soong in the 2004 presidential race.[8][9]

Calming tensions

The presidential election itself was very close, and hot tempers broke out all over the country, especially in Taipei and Kaohsiung. There was also potential for serious trouble in Taichung as well as pan-Blue supporters had begun demonstrating overnight. Mayor Hu went out at about 3:30 in the morning and was successful in dispersing the one or two thousand people by 5:30. Mayor Hu remarked, "Because I knew that if I didn't do anything by 5:30 am, people getting out of bed would find out about it on the radio or television. There'd be 10,000, 20,000 people. By then you wouldn't be able to resolve it."[10]

Re-election

Jason Hu won re-election with relative ease in the three-in-one elections on 3 December 2005 with a nearly twenty percent margin of victory over Democratic Progressive Party challenger Lin Chia-lung. His second term began in early 2006 and ended in early 2010. He was under pressure in 2010 after the shooting of Weng Chi-nan revealed potential ties between Taichung City Police and gangsters.[11]

On December 25, 2010, Taichung City was merged with Taichung County and upgraded as a united special municipality named "Taichung City". Hu defeated DPP candidate Su Jia-chyuan in 2010 Republic of China municipal election on 27 November 2010 for the mayoralty of the newly created municipal city.

2010 Taichung City Mayoral Election Result
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
File:Green Taiwan in White Cross.svg Democratic Progressive Party 1 Su Chia-chyuan 698,358 48.88%
Kuomintang 2 Jason Hu 730,284 51.12%
Total 1,428,642 100.00%
Voter turnout 73.15%

Taiwanese fisherman shooting incident

After the shooting incident of Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine government vessel on 9 May 2013 at the disputed water in South China Sea, Hu urged Taichung residence to avoid traveling and investing in the Philippines, and asking for member across the party line to stand united against the Philippine government.[12]

2014 Taichung City mayoral election

Mayor Jason Hu campaigning for his 2014 Taichung mayoral election.

On 29 November 2014, Hu joined the Republic of China municipal election as a Kuomintang candidate for Mayor of Taichung going against Lin Chia-lung of the Democratic Progressive Party. Hu however lost to Lin.[13]

2014 Taichung City Mayoral Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Jason Hu Template:KMT/short 637,531 42.94%
2 Lin Chia-lung Template:DPP/short 847,284 57.06%

In December 2014, Hu accepted an offer from Feng Chia University to serve as department chair upon the conclusion of his third mayoral term.[14] In February 2015, Hu joined the China Times.[15] Eric Chu, the KMT's 2016 presidential candidate, named Hu the manager of his campaign in December 2015.[16]

Personal life

Family

Hu is married to the former actress Shirley Shaw.[17][18] He and his wife have a daughter, British born actress Judy, and a son, Jess Hu.[19][20]

Car accident

On 18 November 2006, returning from a campaign rally for KMT Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Huang Chun-ying (黃俊英), the vehicle Hu and his wife, Shirley Shaw were riding in was hit by another vehicle and overturned. Hu suffered minor injuries, while Shaw suffered severe injuries and had to be put into a drug-induced coma to preserve her life.[21] Shaw's left forearm was amputated, and her spleen was removed.[22] Shortly after the crash, the Legislative Yuan proposed an amendment to the Road Traffic Management and Punishment Law requiring the driver and all passengers in a car use seat belts.[23] Shaw recovered enough in February 2007 to return home during Lunar New Year.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Jiang backs curriculum changes". Taipei Times. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ^ http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201411290001.aspx
  3. ^ "臺中市(Taichung City)". Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 19 October 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Who's Who in Taiwan". Archived from the original on 26 June 2006. Retrieved 19 October 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Huang, Joyce (24 February 2001). "Meeting clears way for Hu to run in Taichung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Elections 2001: Hu takes leap into Taichung politics". Taipei Times. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Taichung can't sign Guggenheim museum contract without money". China Post. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  8. ^ "TAIWAN: Jason Hu let 'terror' poster stay in circulation". 27 March 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2006.
  9. ^ Su, Joy; Williams, Martin (30 March 2004). "Taichung official defends Jason Hu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Taichung Mayor Hu discusses election campaign and aftermath". 7 April 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2006.
  11. ^ Chuang, Jimmy (5 June 2010). "Police to review security film of Taichung killing". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Cities to halt exchanges with Philippine counterparts". The China Post. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  13. ^ "DPP wins mayoral race in Taichung with landslide". Taipei Times. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Taichung Mayor Hu accepts teaching offer after losing election". Central News Agency. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  15. ^ Hau, Hsueh-chin; Chen, Ted (14 January 2015). "Ex-Taichung Mayor Jason Hu 'to work for' Want Want China Times". Central News Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Chu names Jason Hu as his campaign manager". Taipei Times. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Hu hopping mad over ad". Taipei Times. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  18. ^ Chao, Vincent Y. (28 September 2010). "DPP's Yu Tien apologizes to Jason Hu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  19. ^ Chu, Monique (25 August 2002). "Workaholic advised to take it easy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  20. ^ Wang, Flora (17 December 2006). "Legislators debate Chen Chih-chung's exit". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  21. ^ "Shaw remains in critical condition, mayor stable". Taipei Times. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  22. ^ Chang, Rich (21 November 2010). "Sociable, cheerful Jason Hu aims to lift Taichung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  23. ^ Shan, Shelley (21 November 2006). "Jason Hu's crash prompts fresh action on seatbelts". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  24. ^ Chuang, Jimmy (18 February 2006). "Shaw at home for New Year's dinner". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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