Kao Cheng-yan explained

Kao Cheng-yan
Native Name:高成炎
Party:Green Party Taiwan
Profession:Computer science

Kao Cheng-yan is an activist and founding chair of the Green Party Taiwan[1] and a member of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union. He was a Taiwan independence activist during his student years in the United States. He ran for the Legislative Yuan on a Green Party ticket in 1998 and 2001 but failed to gain a seat.[2]

In the 2004 ROC referendum, he debated DPP Legislator You Ching. In November 2019, Kao was ranked second on Green Party Taiwan's party list of legislative candidates contesting the 2020 elections.[3] [4]

He opposes the completion of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant, leading the campaign to gather more than 120,000 signatures in order to add a referendum to the national ballot.[5] [6] His opposition to nuclear power dates back to 1979.[7]

Professionally, he is a professor in Computer Science (Bioinformatics) at the National Taiwan University.[8]

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  1. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=H-cRx-jjWtMC&pg=PA178 . What has Changed? Taiwan Before and After the Change in Ruling Parties . Linda Gail Arrigo. The Environmental Movement in Taiwan after 2000: Advances and Dilemmas . Arrigo, Linda Gail . Puleston, Gaia . 178 . Dafydd Fell . Fell, Dafydd . Klöter, Henning . Chang, Bi-yu . 2006 . 978-3447053792 . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag . Wiesbaden . November 26, 2014 .
  2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=q-7pfn04PxAC&pg=PA126 . Understanding Modern East Asian Politics . 7: Political Parties and Electoral Politics in Taiwan . Schafferer, Christian . 126 . Schafferer, Christian . 2005 . 1-59454-505-7 . . Hauppauge . November 26, 2014 .
  3. News: Yang . Chun-hui . Hsiao . Sherry . DPP sets its legislator-at-large list . 15 November 2019 . Taipei Times . 15 November 2019.
  4. News: Yang . Sophia . Green Party Taiwan nominates high-profile psychologist as legislator-at-large . 17 November 2019 . Taiwan News . 14 November 2019.
  5. News: Anti-nuclear cycling team returns from petition trip . Lee, I-chia . June 19, 2013 . Taipei Times . November 26, 2014 .
  6. News: Group pushes for year-end Gonglian plant referendum . Chung, Li-hua . Lin, Sean . July 13, 2014 . Taipei Times . November 26, 2014 .
  7. News: Asia's nuclear dilemma . Adams, Jonathan . May 30, 2010 . globalpost . November 26, 2014 .
  8. Activists call for referendums on Taiwan's nuclear plants . . March 2, 2012 . Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa . November 26, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114259/http://www.roc-taiwan.org/ZA/ct.asp?xItem=258653&ctNode=2122&mp=402 . 2015-09-24 .

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