Wu Pei-yi
Taiwanese politician (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wu Pei-yi (Chinese: 吳沛憶; born 20 January 1987) is a Taiwanese politician. She served on the Taipei City Council from 2018 to 2024, when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan.
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Freddy Lim | ||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Taipei City V | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taipei City Councillor | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 December 2018 – 31 January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | District 5 (Zhongzheng–Wanhua) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 January 1987 Keelung, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party (since 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA) National Tsing Hua University (MA) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳沛憶 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Education and activism
Wu studied politics at National Taiwan University (NTU) from 2005 to 2009.[1] She began participating in the Dalawasao Club, a student organization that could trace its history back to the 1988 farmers' rights protest in Taiwan, but had just been re-established in her first year as a student, ending approximately a decade of inactivity.[1] During her time at NTU, Wu participated in the Wild Strawberries Movement.[1] After completing her undergraduate degree, she pursued master's studies at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU).[1][2] At NTHU, she was introduced to undergraduate student Chen Wei-ting, and participated in the anti-media monopoly movement between 2012 and 2013.[1][a] After Wu obtained her master's degree, she began working for the Thinking Taiwan Foundation. Approximately six months later, ratification of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement was being discussed, and Wu took leave from the Thinking Taiwan Foundation to participate in what became the Sunflower Student Movement.[1]
Political career
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Perspective
Party positions
Wu joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 2014, the same year that Tsai Ing-wen began her second term as party leader,[1] and is regarded as close to Tsai.[3][4] During her first year as a DPP member, Wu served as deputy director of the DPP-affiliated Democracy Institute.[5] She later became a spokesperson for the party,[6] speaking on cross-Strait relations,[7] 2018 local election plans,[8] and same-sex marriage.[9]
Taipei City Council
As a candidate during the 2018 local election cycle, Wu faced Yu Tian's daughter Yu Shiao-ping in a party primary, and won the Zhongzheng–Wanhua seat in the Taipei City Council that November.[10][11] In March 2019, Wu accused Ko Wen-je of ageism, after he defended statements on the political status of Taiwan made by Huang Ching-yin.[12] In October 2019, Wu expressed concerns about the privacy of personal information and the proposed installation of smart vending machines in Taipei schools.[13] That same year, Wu joined an alliance to promote gender equality and LGBT rights in Taiwan,[14] as well as a Tibet caucus,[15] both formed by her fellow councillors. In 2020, she expressed support for Taipei's Showa Building to be named a cultural heritage site.[16] The following year, Wu criticized the Taipei City Government for its handling of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to markets operated by the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Company and advocated for increased oversight of scooter sharing in the city.[17][18] In January 2022, Wu joined Miao Po-ya's petition against Ko Wen-je's proposal to link the Taipei Pass to COVID-19-related personal information, and stressed the right to privacy.[19] Months later, in further defense of privacy rights, Wu and Miao drew attention to the Taipei City Government giving helpline call recordings to a private artificial intelligence company.[20] In October, Wu disclosed that Ko and former deputy mayor Huang Shan-shan had used money from a second reserve fund and from fifteen city departments to pay for the 2022 Taipei Expo, and called on the pair to apologize.[21] After reports of sexual misconduct affecting Democratic Progressive Party employees came to light in 2023, Wu co-signed a statement offering support, including free legal aid, to the victims.[22][23]
Legislative Yuan
Following Freddy Lim's retirement from the Legislative Yuan,[24] Wu received the Democratic Progressive Party's nomination to contest the Taipei 5 seat held by Lim.[25][26] After Wu was named the nominee over Ili Cheng,[2][27][28] Wu joined a coalition of young candidates known as "The Generation".[29] Of this group, she was the only one to win election,[30] in a ten-person race with 39.81% of the vote.[31] Kuomintang candidate Chung Hsiao-ping (34.3%) and political independent Belle Yu (23.1%), finished second and third, respectively. This was the largest field of candidates in any legislative district during the 2024 election.[31]
Personal life
Both of Wu's parents are elementary schoolteachers.[32] She was born on 20 January 1987 in Keelung.[33]
Notes
- For reference material discussing the Anti-Media Monopoly Movement, see Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T.; Feng, Chien-san (September 2014). "Anti-media-monopoly policies and further democratisation in Taiwan". Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 43 (3). Ebsworth, Rowena (2017). "Not Wanting Want: The Anti-Media Monopoly Movement in Taiwan". In Fell, Dafydd (ed.). Taiwan's Social Movements under Ma Ying-jeou. Routledge. ISBN 9781138675674. "The Anti-Media Monopoly Movement". New Bloom Magazine. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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