Hsu Yung-ming

Hsu Yung-ming fascinates me because he crossed a line most people only theorize about. A National Taiwan University political scientist and pollster, he didn't stay safely behind the data; he ran, won a Legislative Yuan seat in 2016, and rose to chair the New Power Party. Moving from studying elections to actually winning them takes a rare kind of nerve. His removal and departure from the party in 2020 show how brutal real politics can be, even for someone who understands its mechanics. To me he embodies the restless idealism of Taiwan's younger political wave, and I respect the leap he took.

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Name (English)

Hsu Yung-ming

Name (Japanese)

徐永明

Reading

じょ・えいめい

Born

May 15, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

Taichung County, Taiwan

Occupation

politician / political scientist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

University

National Taiwan University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsu%20Yung-ming
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%90%E6%B0%B8%E6%98%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8967661

Tags

• Taichung County
• politician
• political scientist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.