1988 in Taiwan
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{{Year in Taiwan|1988}}
Events from the year 1988 in Taiwan. This year is numbered Minguo 77 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Incumbents
Events
=May=
- 24 May – The 37th Miss Universe pageant at Linkou Stadium in Taipei.
=June=
- 12 June – The opening of National Cheng Kung University Hospital in North District, Tainan City.
- 26 June – The opening of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in West District, Taichung City.
=August=
- 11 August – The establishment of Federation of Medical Students-Taiwan.
=December=
- 29 December – The establishment of Ritek.
Births
- 19 March – Lin Tzu-chi, taekwondo player
- 29 March – Huang Yu-ting, speed skater
- 11 April – Yako Chan, singer and actress
- 19 May – Lin Fei-fan, activist
- 12 June – Nieh Pin-chieh, swimmer
- 16 June – Lyan Cheng, actress, model and singer
- 30 June – Puff Kuo, model, actress and singer
- 26 July – Cheng Kai-wen, baseball player
- 29 July – Huang Pei-jia, actress
- 2 August – Nick Chou, actor and singer
- 11 August – Chen Po-liang, captain of Chinese Taipei national football team
- 3 September – Chang Chin-lan, actress
- 17 November – Joanne Tseng, singer and television host
- 22 November – Lorene Jen, artist
- 16 December – Lin Chen-hua, baseball player
- 28 December – Lo Chih-en, football player
Deaths
- 13 January – Chiang Ching-kuo, President (1978–1988).{{cite news |last1=Pace |first1=Eric |author1-link=Eric Pace |title=Chiang Ching-kuo Dies at 77, Ending a Dynasty on Taiwan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/14/obituaries/chiang-ching-kuo-dies-at-77-ending-a-dynasty-on-taiwan.html |access-date=20 January 2022 |work=New York Times |date=14 January 1988 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120004218/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/14/obituaries/chiang-ching-kuo-dies-at-77-ending-a-dynasty-on-taiwan.html |url-status=live }} and {{cite news |last1=Southerl |first1=Daniel |title=LONGTIME TAIWANIAN LEADER CHIANG CHING-KUO, 77, DIES |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/01/14/longtime-taiwanian-leader-chiang-ching-kuo-77-dies/762ee60e-f41c-4815-a311-9fb6143fa8fc/ |access-date=20 January 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=14 January 1988}}
- 27 May – Wu Hsin-hua (吳新華), Taiwanese criminal, received a national record of ten death sentences, execution by shooting.{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: The man sentenced to death 10 times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2023/05/21/2003800154 |access-date=22 May 2023 |work=Taipei Times |date=21 May 2023}}
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