Alice Wang
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alice Wang
Wang Hsueh-fung
| native_name = {{nobold|王雪峰}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| honorific-suffix = MLY
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| smallimage = 王立法委員雪峰 (第三屆).jpg
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| order = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| constituency = Taipei 1
| term_start = 1 February 1999
| term_end = 31 January 2005
| constituency1 = Taipei 2
| term_start1 = 1 February 1996
| term_end1 = 31 January 1999
| order3 = Member of the National Assembly
| constituency3 =
| term_start3 = 1 February 1992
| term_end3 = 31 January 1996
| spouse = {{marriage|Wang Tsuo-liang|2002}}
| parents = Wang Kun-ho (father)
Kao Li-chun (mother)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|8|26}}
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| party = Democratic Progressive Party
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| nationality = Taiwanese
| profession = Lawyer
| education = National Taiwan University (LLB)
Cornell University (LLM)
}}
Wang Hsueh-fung ({{zh|t=王雪峰}}; born 26 August 1964), also known by her English name Alice Wang, is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2005.
Early life and education
Alice Wang was born to parents Wang Kun-ho and Kao Li-chun.{{cite news|last1=Low|first1=Stephanie|title=For many of the nation's leaders, politics is a family affair|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/10/14/0000175637|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=14 October 2002}}{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Jimmy|title=DPP legislator's mother gets 30 months in prison|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/09/30/2003204943|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=30 September 2004}} Both her father Wang Kun-ho and younger brother Wang Po-yu have served on the Taipei City Council.
Alice Wang graduated from Taipei Private Yan Ping High School and attended National Taiwan University,{{cite news|title=Wang Hsueh-fung (5)|url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11350|accessdate=8 September 2017|agency=Legislative Yuan}} where she advocated for the democratization of Taiwan as a student activist.{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Mei-chun|title=Candidates say criticism still a must|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/10/08/0000106203|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=8 October 2001}} After earning a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Wang continued her legal education at Cornell University in the United States and obtained a master's degree in law.{{cite news|title=Wang Hsueh-fung (3)|url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=10952|accessdate=8 September 2017|agency=Legislative Yuan}} She worked as a lawyer and also taught at Tamkang University and National Open University.{{cite news|title=Wang Hsueh-fung (4)|url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11126|accessdate=8 September 2017|agency=Legislative Yuan}}
Political career
She won a seat on the National Assembly in 1991, taking office the next year at the age of 28. She ran for the Legislative Yuan in 1995, winning reelection twice thereafter in 1998 and 2001. During her 2001 campaign, she expressed clear support for downsizing the legislature,{{cite news|last1=Huang|first1=Joyce|last2=Low|first2=Stephanie|title=DPP works toward a broad alliance|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/11/15/0000111607|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=15 November 2001}} but broke with the Democratic Progressive Party by criticizing the vote allocation scheme in place that year.{{cite news|last1=Tsai|first1=Ting-i|title=December 1 elections: Fairness, feasibility of vote allocation stirs up discussion|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/11/19/0000112172|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=19 November 2001}} In 2002, Wang pushed the DPP to nominate Yeh Chu-lan as its candidate for the Taipei mayoralty.{{cite news|title=Pressure builds on DPP to run woman for mayor of Taipei|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/03/09/0000126943|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=9 March 2002}} Instead, Yeh remained head of the Hakka Affairs Council until 2004.
As a legislator, Wang was noted for her speaking out on mental and public health issues, including tobacco consumption and drunk driving.{{cite news|last1=Prelypchan|first1=Erin|title=Legislators want 'sober up quick' ads to be axed|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/02/03/0000022617|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=3 February 2000}}{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Chi-ting|title=Lawmakers urge government lead in tobacco suits|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/02/22/0000074694|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=22 February 2001}} In 2000, she helped draw attention to conditions at the Lungfatang psychiatric care center in Kaohsiung County.{{cite news|title=Patients escape alleged abuse at 'black jail'|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/01/22/0000020987|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=22 January 2000}}{{cite news|last1=Ide|first1=William|title=Escapees tell of Lungfatang life|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/01/31/0000022179|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=31 January 2000}}{{cite news|last1=Yen|first1=Sen-lun|title=Lungfatang may face restructuring|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/02/15/0000024178|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=15 February 2000}}
Personal life
Wang co-founded a legislative group for unmarried female parliamentarians in 2002,{{cite news|title=Single female politicians form tight-lipped club|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/11/11/0000179135|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=11 November 2002}} but left the group after marrying Wang Tsuo-liang in May 2002.{{cite news|title=Lawmaker Alice Wang weds, to her mother's delight|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/05/12/0000135702|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=12 May 2002}} It was reported in 2009 that Wang and her husband were earning money from the collection of recyclables.{{cite news|last1=Wang|first1=Flora|title=Legislators mixed on pension fund|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/04/22/2003441728|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=22 April 2009}} In January 2010, Alice Wang petitioned the Xindian bench of the Taipei District Court to grant her a restraining order against Wang Tsuo-liang, citing verbal and physical abuse.{{cite news|last1=Huang|first1=Shelley|title=Ex-lawmaker seeks protection from 'abusive' husband|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/01/19/2003463885|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=19 January 2010}}
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