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Full Name
  
Wang Chung-Ming

Name
  
Chung-Ming Wang


Chung-Ming Wang

Born
  
8 December 1978 (age 45) (
1978-12-08
)
Taipei, Taiwan

Alma mater
  
National Hsinchu University of Education National Chung Cheng University

Occupation
  
Politician, environmentalist and gay rights activist

Political party
  
Green Party Taiwan

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Chung-Ming Wang (Chinese: 王鐘銘; pinyin: Wáng Zhōngmíng; born 8 December 1978) is a Taiwan Wikipedian, politician, environmentalist and gay rights activist.

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Politics

He is a member of the central executive committee of Green Party Taiwan. He was a candidate running for a councilor seat in New Taipei City (formerly Taipei County) in 2010 and was expected to run in the district legislative election in 2012. Before Wang became a politician and activist, he was an editor of books and magazines. Wang joined the Green Party in 2006 and is openly gay.

Wikipedian

Chung-Ming Wang joined Wikipedia in March 2004. He was mentioned in Chinese Evening Newspaper in May 2004, which made him the first Taiwan Wikipedian who was reported in the media.

Wang prepared the formation of Wikimedia Taiwan from February in 2006 and he was elected as a director in the first Congress of Wikimedia Taiwan.

Activity

In Oct 2011, when Occupy Wall Street protests spread to cities in Asia, Wang and protesters gathered outside the Taipei 101 building because "A large building like Taipei 101 is a clear symbol of wealth."

On April 17, 2012, for protesting the Tamsui North Shore Road Project, Wang filed a lawsuit with the High Administrative Court of Taiwan. On September 4, 2013, the court declared the EIA report as invalid.

In April 2013, Wang and other anti-nuclear group members had a meeting about nuclear waste with Taiwan Premier Jiang Yi-huah. During the same period, Wang joined a tree-occupying action.

Jail

Wang was charged with obstructing official duties and was found guilty and was put in jail twice. One is for a protest against the demolition of a military veterans community, and the other is for a protest against the removal of trees for a public construction project. Both is sentenced to three months.

References

Chung-Ming Wang Wikipedia