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Yang Chih-yuan (politician)

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Yang Chih-yuan
楊智淵
Yang in 2019
Personal details
Born (1990-01-21) 21 January 1990 (age 34)
Taichung, Taiwan
Political partyIndependent (since 2020)
Other political
affiliations
Residence(s)Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Yang Chih-yuan[a] (born 21 January 1990) is a Taiwanese political activist. He is one of the founders of the Taiwanese National Party [zh].[1]

Biography

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Yang was born in Taichung.

Yang registered an account on the website of the National Socialism Association in 2006, when he was in middle school.[2]

In 2008, Yang joined the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and took part in Wild Strawberries Movement. He quit the DPP in 2009.[3]

In 2014, Yang and his friend Wu Bai-wei formed the "Tridemist Youth League" (三民主義青年團), during which he met and discussed cooperation with Chang An-lo, president of the Chinese Unification Promotion Party, which appeal to Chinese unification.[4] This Youth League shares the same name with Kuomintang's historical youth wing (1938–1947).

In 2020, a 25-year-old woman accused Yang of sexual harassment.[5]

On 3 August 2022, Yang was held in custody on suspicion of endangering national security by the National Security Agency of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.[6] He was formally arrested on 24 April 2023,[7] and handed a nine-year prison term on September 6, 2024.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Chinese: 楊智淵, also romanized as Yang Zhi-yuan or Yang Zhiyuan

References

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  1. ^ "佩洛西下午离开台湾 大陆傍晚公布拘捕一名台湾人". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ 遭中國逮捕 楊智淵曾同時與統獨政黨來往 (in Chinese). Radio Taiwan Intl (中央廣播電臺). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ^ "鼓吹台独 涉分裂国家罪 台社运人士杨智渊被捕". 星洲网 (Sin Chew Daily) (in Simplified Chinese). 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ "遭控台獨 台人楊智淵在陸被捕". 聯合新聞網 (in Chinese). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ^ "獨/性騷25歲已婚政壇正妹?一邊一國楊智淵:只是示愛!". SET News (in Chinese). 12 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. ^ "China detains a suspected Taiwanese separatist following Nancy Pelosi's trip". South China Morning Post. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  7. ^ "浙江省检察机关依法对杨智渊批准逮捕" (in Simplified Chinese). Procuratorial Daily. 25 April 2023. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  8. ^ "China Hands 9-Year Prison Sentence to Taiwan Activist for 'Separatism'". TIME. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.