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Chiau Wen-Yan

邱文彦　/　きゅう・ぶんげん

American university teacher

July 17, 1953 (age 72)　・　Taiwan, United States

university teacher
politician

My Take

Chiau Wen-yan has one of the most quietly impressive résumés I have come across: urban planner, architect, legislator, and a professor of marine affairs at National Taiwan Ocean University. He clearly understands the land, the sea, and the city as one connected system, which is rare. Taking Penn-trained expertise and pouring it into both academia and the messy arena of real politics takes serious conviction; plenty of scholars prefer to theorize from a safe distance. For an island nation like Taiwan, someone who can actually speak to coastal and ocean policy is invaluable. He is the unglamorous kind of figure who quietly holds the foundations together.

Overview

Chiau Wen-yan (Chinese: 邱文彥; pinyin: Qiū Wényàn: born 17 July 1953) is a Taiwanese urban planner, architect, and politician. He was the member of Legislative Yuan, a professor and the former director of the Institute of Marine Affairs and Resource Management at National Taiwan Ocean University.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Chiau Wen-Yan
Name (Japanese): 邱文彦
Reading: きゅう・ぶんげん
Born: July 17, 1953 (age 72)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Snake
Origin: Taiwan, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: university teacher / politician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Pennsylvania

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%82%B1%E6%96%87%E5%BD%A6

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