Chung-Ming Wang | |
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| Born | Wang Chung-Ming 8 December 1978 (age 45) |
| Alma mater | National Hsinchu University of Education National Chung Cheng University |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, environmentalist and gay rights activist |
| Political party | Green Party Taiwan |
Chung-Ming Wang (Chinese: 王鐘銘; pinyin: Wáng Zhōngmíng; born 8 December 1978) is a Taiwan Wikipedian, politician, environmentalist and gay rights activist.
He is a member of the central executive committee of Green Party Taiwan.[1] He was a candidate running for a councilor seat in New Taipei City (formerly Taipei County) in 2010[2] and was expected to run in the district legislative election in 2012.[3] 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.[4]
Chung-Ming Wang joined Wikipedia in March 2004. He was mentioned in the China Times in May 2004,[5] which made him the first Taiwanese 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.[6]
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."[7]
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.[8]
In April 2013, Wang and other anti-nuclear group members had a meeting about nuclear waste with Taiwan Premier Jiang Yi-huah.[9] During the same period, Wang joined a tree-occupying action.[10][11]
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.[12]
