Cheng Cheng-chien
{{short description|Taiwanese politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Cheng Cheng-chien
| native_name = {{nobold|鄭正鈐}}
| native_name_lang = zh-hant
| image = 鄭正鈐委員 (第11屆).jpg
| honorific-suffix = MLY
| smallimage =
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| order2 = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| term_start2 = 1 February 2020
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Ker Chien-ming
| constituency2 = Hsinchu City
| order4 = Hsinchu City Councillor
| term_start4 = 1 March 2002
| term_end4 = 31 January 2020
| constituency4 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|5|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hsinchu County, Taiwan
| party = Kuomintang
| nationality = Taiwanese
| spouse =
| education = National Chengchi University (BA, MA)
Chung Hua University (PhD)
| profession =
}}
Cheng Cheng-chien ({{zh|t=鄭正鈐|p=Zhèng Zhèngqián}}; born 31 May 1969) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Hsinchu City Council from 2002 to 2020, when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan.
Early life and education
Cheng was born on 31 May 1969, in Hsinchu, and graduated from National Hsinchu Senior High School.{{cite news |title=1號 鄭正鈐 |url=https://election.ltn.com.tw/2020/legislator/candidates/HsinchuCity/185 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Liberty Times |language=zh}} He studied journalism and diplomacy at National Chengchi University, where he earned his bachelor's degree, and completed a master's degree within the university's Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies. He then earned a Ph.D. in technology management from Chung Hua University.{{cite news |title=Cheng Cheng-chien (10) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=43562 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |agency=Legislative Yuan}} He has taught as an assistant professor at Chung Hua University and Hsuan Chuang University.
Political career
Cheng served on the Hsinchu City Council from 2002 to 2020. He won his first election to the body as a Kuomintang candidate.{{cite news |title=91年縣市議員選舉（區域） 候選人得票數 |url=https://db.cec.gov.tw/histQuery.jsp?voteCode=20020101T1C2&qryType=ctks |accessdate=5 September 2020 |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}}{{cite news |title=2002-91年縣市議員選舉 > 區域 |url=https://sheethub.com/db.cec.gov.tw/20020101T1C2?page=31 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}} Chen was listed as an independent candidate in the 2005 local elections,{{cite news |title=94年縣市議員選舉（區域） 候選人得票數 |url=https://db.cec.gov.tw/histQuery.jsp?voteCode=20051201T1C2&qryType=ctks |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}}{{cite news |title=2005-94年縣市議員選舉 > 區域 |url=https://sheethub.com/db.cec.gov.tw/20051201T1C2?page=26 |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}} and returned to the Kuomintang for the 2009 election cycle.{{cite news |title=98年縣市議員選舉（區域） 候選人得票數 |url=https://db.cec.gov.tw/histQuery.jsp?voteCode=20091201T1C2&qryType=ctks |accessdate=5 September 2020 |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}} Cheng retained his seat in 2014 and 2018, running both times under the Kuomintang banner.{{cite news |title=選舉分析明細類 103年縣市議員選舉 |url=https://db.cec.gov.tw/histMain.jsp?voteSel=20141101C2 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}}{{cite news |title=選舉分析明細類 107年縣市議員選舉 |url=https://db.cec.gov.tw/histMain.jsp?voteSel=20181101C2 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}}
Cheng contested a Legislative Yuan seat in Hsinchu during the 2004 legislative election as an independent candidate, and was not seated.{{cite news |title=選舉分析明細類 第 06 屆 立法委員選舉 |url=https://db.cec.gov.tw/histMain.jsp?voteSel=20041201A2 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}} He ran as the Kuomintang candidate in the Hsinchu City Constituency during the 2016 legislative election, after defeating {{ill|Lu Hsueh-chang|zh|呂學樟}} in a party primary.{{cite news |last1=Hsiao |first1=Alison |title=KMT legislator supports party name change |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/01/23/2003637868 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=23 January 2016}} He faced New Power Party candidate Chiu Hsien-chih and Democratic Progressive Party incumbent Ker Chien-ming.{{cite news |last1=Gerber |first1=Abraham |title=NPP candidate registers for Hsinchu seat race |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/26/2003633374 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=26 November 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Hsiao |first1=Alison |title=Legislative reform should start in legislature: Ker |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/12/02/2003633835 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 December 2015}} The Democratic Progressive Party suspected Cheng of buying votes during a banquet hosted by the Hsinchu City chapter of the Kuomintang in December 2015, as he attended the event while wearing a vest promoting his campaign.{{cite news |last1=Hsiao |first1=Alison |title=DPP accuses KMT of vote-buying after 'thanksgiving' party in Hsinchu City |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/12/30/2003636017 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 December 2015}} Subsequently, the Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office began an investigation into the banquet.{{cite news |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |title=KMT banquet probed by prosecutors |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/12/31/2003636072 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=31 December 2015}} The Democratic Progressive Party then filed a lawsuit against Kuomintang chair Eric Chu at the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office related to alleged vote buying at the banquet.{{cite news |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |title=Battle lines drawn over vote-buying accusations |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/01/01/2003636173 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=1 January 2016}} The vote buying allegations became a topic of discussion during the second televised presidential debate between Chu and Tsai Ing-wen.{{cite news |last1=Loa |first1=Iok-sin |title=Candidates spar on pork, vote-buying |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/01/03/2003636298 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 January 2020}}{{cite news |title=EDITORIAL: KMT's Chu shown to be empty |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/01/03/2003636290 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 January 2020}} During his unsuccessful 2016 campaign, pamphlets distributed by Cheng's supporters were confiscated by Hsinchu police. Though Cheng protested the confiscation, the Hsinchu District Prosecutors' office stated that the pamphlets merited further investigation, as they contained distortions about and sensationalist allegations against Ker Chien-ming.{{cite news |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |title=Election-related crime crackdown nets 1,797 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/01/14/2003637161 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 January 2016}}
During his 2020 campaign, Cheng drew attention to a perceived double standard, stating that he had been labeled a pro-China candidate by the Democratic Progressive Party, but that his opponent {{ill|Cheng Hung-huei|zh|鄭宏輝}} used the term "Taiwan, China" while establishing a business in China, only to campaign on a promise to "Protect Taiwan".{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=I-chia |title=2020 Elections: President Tsai 'sucking up' to China: opponents |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/01/09/2003728968 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times}} Cheng Cheng-chien was elected to the 10th Legislative Yuan,{{cite news |title=第 10 屆 立法委員選舉（區域） 候選人得票數 |url=https://db.cec.gov.tw/histQuery.jsp?voteCode=20200101T1A2&qryType=ctks |accessdate=5 September 2020 |agency=Central Election Commission |language=zh}} and became a member of the legislature's Education and Culture Committee. In July 2020, New Power Party chair Hsu Yung-ming asked Cheng to step down from that role, as Huang Kuo-chang accused Cheng of plagiarizing a portion of his doctoral thesis.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Su-wei |last2=Chung |first2=Jake |title=NPP calls out KMT lawmaker over his thesis |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/07/29/2003740755 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=29 July 2020}}
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