Joseph Shih
{{Short description|Taiwanese diplomat and politician}}
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| name = Joseph Shih
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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hant|石定}}}}
| image = Joseph Shih (cropped).jpg
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| nationality = Republic of China
| office1 = ROC Representative to South Korea
| minister1 =
| term_end1 = 05 September 2018
| predecessor1 = Benjamin Liang
| successor1 = Daniel Diann-wen Tang
| office2 = Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
| minister2 = David Lin
| 1blankname2 = Vice
| 1namedata2 = Vanessa Shih
| term_start2 = 1 March 2013
| term_end2 = 15 July 2014{{Cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.tw/en/MofaLeader_Content.aspx?n=8C1B5DF8A167A082&sms=83A9AD4277955F24&s=9223A12B5B31CB37|title=Chief Profile}}
| predecessor2 = Tung Kuo-yu{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwanembassy.org/ct.asp?xItem=341449&ctNode=2237&mp=1&nowPage=70&pagesize=45|title=New representative to EU, Belgium named - Press Releases - Overseas Office Republic Of China ( Taiwan ) 中華民國（台灣）駐外單位聯合網站|author=Internet Team|publisher=taiwanembassy.org|accessdate=2014-08-24|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120011/http://www.taiwanembassy.org/ct.asp?xItem=341449&ctNode=2237&mp=1&nowPage=70&pagesize=45|archivedate=2014-08-26}}
| successor2 = Andrew Kao
| office3 = Ambassador of the Republic of China to Belize
| term_start3 = 5 February 2006
| term_end3 = 9 April 2010
| predecessor3 = Tasi Erh-huang
| successor3 = Wu Tzu-dan
| office4 = ROC Representative to New Zealand
| minister4 =
| term_start4 = 2002
| term_end4 = 2006
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| office5 = ROC Deputy Representative to South Africa
| minister5 =
| term_start5 = 1998
| term_end5 = 1999
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| education = National Chengchi University (BA)
University of Pittsburgh (MA)
Georgetown University (PhD)
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Shih Ting ({{zh|t=石定|p=Shí Dìng}}), also known by his English name Ting Joseph Shih, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. He was the nation's representative to South Korea from 2014 to 2018, and the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Executive Yuan from 2013 to 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.gov.tw/EnOfficial/Biography/Leader/?opno=0d53ddd8-8ffb-4d91-b46a-023b4739a5dd |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 |publisher=Mofa.gov.tw |date= |accessdate=2014-04-30 |archive-date=2014-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429154535/http://www.mofa.gov.tw/EnOfficial/Biography/Leader/?opno=0d53ddd8-8ffb-4d91-b46a-023b4739a5dd |url-status=dead }}
ROC Foreign Affairs Deputy Ministry
=2013 Korean crisis=
During the 2013 North Korean crisis, in mid April 2013 Shih said that the ROC government had no plan to immediately evacuate the more than 16,000 Taiwanese citizens then living in South Korea. He added that the Taipei Mission in Korea had prepared a task force and was ready for any possible scenario.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/04/11/375720/No-plan.htm |title=No plan to evacuate Taiwanese expats in South Korea: MOFA |publisher=The China Post |date= |accessdate=2014-04-30}}
=Taiwanese fisherman shooting incident=
After the shooting incident of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel on 9 May 2013 in disputed waters in the South China Sea, Shih was told that the shooting was a warning shot to drive the Taiwanese vessel out of the disputed water. However, he rejected that it was warning shooting because the ROC Coast Guard Administration discovered 32 bullet holes in the Taiwanese vessel. He then summoned Antonio Basilio, Philippine Representative to Taiwan, to explain the Philippine stance on the matter. He also demanded the Philippine government officially apologize over the killing instead of only expressing regret.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/05/11/2003561976/1 |title=Government slams Manila over death |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-04-23 |accessdate=2014-04-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/11/378337/Philippine-envoy.htm |title=Philippine envoy sorry over shooting |publisher=The China Post |date= |accessdate=2014-04-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/14/378557/Philippine-envoy.htm |title=Philippine envoy returns to Manila |publisher=The China Post |date= |accessdate=2014-04-30}}
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