Peter Huang
{{Short description|Taiwanese activist for democratization and human rights}}
{{for multi|the music video director|Peter Huang (director)|the Japanese writer of the same name|Ko Bunyu}}
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| alt = Peter Huang at Ketagalan Boulevard
| caption = Peter Huang at Ketagalan Boulevard, March 2014
| native_name = 黃文雄
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 2, 1937}}
| birth_place = Shinchiku City, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese-ruled Taiwan (modern-day Hsinchu)
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| nationality = Hoklo Taiwanese
| education = National Chengchi University (BA)
Cornell University (PhD)
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| occupation = Pro-democracy activist
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| t = 黃文雄
| p = Huáng Wénxióng
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Peter Wen-shiung Huang ({{zh|t=黃文雄|p=Huáng Wénxióng|poj=N̂g Bûn-hiông}}, also known as Peter Ng;{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/02/15/0000024182 |title=CCK's would-be assassin back in the dock |author=Lin, Irene |date=15 February 2000 |newspaper=Taipei Times |accessdate=27 October 2015 }} born 2 October 1937) is a Taiwanese activist for democratization and human rights.{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/ct.asp?xItem=280567&ctNode=2300&mp=12|author=Tsai, June|title=Human rights activist named NCCU distinguished alumnus|publisher=Preparatory Office of the Department of International Information Services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)|date=18 May 2012|accessdate=2 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130142154/http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/ct.asp?xItem=280567&ctNode=2300&mp=12|archive-date=30 January 2016|url-status=dead}}
Education
Huang majored in journalism at the National Chengchi University in Taipei and then served in the military for two years. In 1964, he applied to the graduate program in sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and studied there before transferring to a Ph.D. program at Cornell University in 1966.{{cite news |last=Chuang |first=Jimmy |date=May 19, 2012 |title=Would-be Chiang Ching-kuo assassin honored by Taipei University |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120519000035&cid=1601 |newspaper=Want China Times |location=Taipei |accessdate=November 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112173927/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120519000035&cid=1601 |archivedate=2014-11-12 }}
Assassination attempt
On April 24, 1970, Huang and his brother-in-law, Cheng Tzu-tsai, both members of the World United Formosans for Independence,{{cite news |author= |title=2 Cited in Plot: Security Tight for Chiang |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19700425&id=QQg0AAAAIBAJ&pg=1833,2713417 |agency=UPI |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |date=April 25, 1970 |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }} were involved in the {{Interlanguage link multi|1970 assassination attempt on Chiang Ching-kuo|zh|3=四二四刺殺蔣經國案|lt=assassination attempt}} of then-Vice Premier Chiang Ching-kuo (Chiang Kai-shek's son) in New York City. Huang approached Chiang with a gun at the Plaza Hotel, but a Diplomatic Security Service special agent pushed him out of the way, causing the bullet to strike the hotel's revolving doors.{{cite news |author= |title=2 Taiwanese Held in Shooting |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19700425&id=WnQoAAAAIBAJ&pg=5129,1923806 |agency=UPI |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |date=April 25, 1970 |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }} The World United Formosans for Independence later issued a statement disclaiming involvement.{{cite news |author= |title=Single Pistol Shot Narrowly Misses Chiang's Son-Heir |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19700425&id=vdJNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3948,6235778 |agency=AP |newspaper=The Free Lance-Star |location=Fredericksburg, Virginia |date=April 25, 1970 |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }} He pleaded guilty in a 1971 trial to charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of a firearm,{{cite news |author= |title=Taiwan native found guilty of trying to kill politician |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19710519&id=TJcuAAAAIBAJ&pg=4544,1312497 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=May 19, 1971 |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }} but was granted bail before sentencing, and fled the United States.{{cite web|title=Attempt to Assassinate Chiang Chingkuo|url=http://taiwanpedia.culture.tw/en/content?ID=3870|publisher=Council for Cultural Affairs|author=Hsueh Huayuan|year=2011|accessdate=2 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309070301/http://taiwanpedia.culture.tw/en/content?ID=3870|archivedate=9 March 2014}}{{cite news |author= |title=Two Would-Be Assassins Said Now in China |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19711229&id=uiMyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2163,7604906 |agency=AP |newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |date=December 29, 1971 |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }} Cheng Tzu-tsai also jumped bail in 1971 after his conviction, fleeing to Sweden for asylum, but was extradited to the US in 1972,{{cite news |author= |title=Drugged would-be killer extradited |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19720906&id=AqApAAAAIBAJ&pg=1387,2054321 |agency=AAP-Reuter |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=September 6, 1972 |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }} sentenced in 1973 to up to five years in prison{{cite news |author= |title=Would-Be Assassin Convicted |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19730809&id=5ishAAAAIBAJ&pg=5195,18878 |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |date=August 9, 1973 |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }} and later served an additional prison term in Taiwan for illegal entry.{{cite news |last=Kuo |first=Patricia |date=February 20, 1994 |title=Former fugitive designs monument |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19940220&id=tgobAAAAIBAJ&pg=4424,2438159 |agency=AP |newspaper=Bowling Green Daily News |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }}
Huang viewed his assassination attempt as an act of opposition to the United States war in Vietnam and as an anti-imperialist action, as he deemed the Taiwan government as an "accomplice of Washington."{{Cite book |last=Cheng |first=Wendy |title=Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants, Campus Spies, and Cold War Activism |date=2023 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=9780295752051 |location=Seattle, WA}}{{Rp|page=59}}
File:Cheng Tzu-tsai and Peter Huang 2018-02-02.jpg and Peter Huang in 2018]]
Aftermath
Huang's action is considered a stimulus for political reform in Taiwan, which promotes the role of Taiwanese people in the political arena.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} He was in hiding for 25 years,{{cite news |author= |title=Taiwan welcomes would-be assassin |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19960507&id=oz0dAAAAIBAJ&pg=3569,1151609 |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |date=May 7, 1996 |accessdate=November 12, 2014 }} returning to Taiwan in 1996, after Taiwan's statute of limitations had run out on further prosecution for the assassination attempt as one of the last persons who had not been permitted to return to Taiwan for political reasons.{{cite news|last1=Eckholm|first1=Erik|title=Taipei Journal; Human Rights Stalwart Has an Unlikely Resume|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/13/world/taipei-journal-human-rights-stalwart-has-an-unlikely-resume.html|accessdate=31 December 2014|work=New York Times|date=13 June 2000}}{{cite news |title=Failed Assassin of Chiang Ching-kuo Receives NCCU Outstanding Alumnus Award |url=http://www.taiwannpfnews.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=article&mnum=112&anum=11279 |accessdate=31 December 2014 |agency=Kuomintang News Network |date=18 May 2012}} Huang was prosecuted and served four months in jail for violating the 1987 National Security Law for illegal entry, since he did not have an entry visa when he returned to Taiwan in 1996.{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/07/19/2003060020 |title=Court sentences human rights icon |author=Chuang, Jimmy |date=19 July 2003 |newspaper=Taipei Times |accessdate=27 October 2015 }}
In 1998, Huang became the director of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights. In 2000, he was appointed as National Policy Advisor to the President for human rights issues. He is also an avid supporter of the Green Party Taiwan since its founding. Huang led Amnesty International Taiwan from 2009 through 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/01/10/2003433398 |title=AI Taiwan protests Gaza attacks |author=Loa, Iok-sin |date=10 January 2009|newspaper=Taipei Times |accessdate=27 October 2015 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2015/07/20/2003623450 |title=Taiwan and Amnesty International |author=Keating, Jerome |author1-link=Jerome F. Keating |date=20 July 2015 |newspaper=Taipei Times |accessdate=27 October 2015 }} In 2012, he was given an Alumni Excellence Award by the National Chengchi University for his lifelong commitment to democracy, freedom, and social movements.{{cite web|title=Deputy speaker's remarks on rights activist spark ire|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/05/27/2003533826|publisher=The Taipei Times|date=27 May 2012|accessdate=2 June 2012}}
Huang shouted “Let me stand up like a Taiwanese!” upon being arrested after the failed assassination attempt.{{Cite web|url=https://daybreak.newbloommag.net/2017/07/26/rioters-dictionary-f-to-l/|title=The Rioter's Dictionary: F to L|date=July 26, 2017|website=Daybreak Project}} This phrase was later referenced in the song title (無名英雄 Stand Up Like A Taiwanese) by rock band Fire EX., as well as repeated several times at the end of the heavy metal song “Supreme Pain for the Tyrant” by Chthonic.{{Cite web|url=https://steemit.com/metal/@vecna/chthonic-taiwanese-black-death-metal-band-en-jp-sv-post|title=Chthonic 閃靈 (Taiwanese Black/Death Metal Band) [EN/JP/SV Post]|first=Vecnain Metal • 3 Years|last=Ago|date=July 6, 2017|website=Steemit}}{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/585572/the-music-of-taiwans-death-metal-star-turned-national-politician/|title=The music of Taiwan's death metal star turned national politician|first=Nikhil|last=Sonnad|website=Quartz}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{cite news|author1=Han Cheung|title=Taiwan in Time: From assassin to outstanding alumnus|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2016/09/25/2003655875|accessdate=25 September 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=25 September 2016}}
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