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Wu Mi-cha

Wu Mi-cha (Chinese: 吳密察; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘ Bi̍t-chhat; born 22 March 1956) is a Taiwanese historian. He was the vice chairman of the Council for Cultural Affairs from 2001 to 2004, after which he became director of the National Museum of Taiwan History. In May 2016, Wu was appointed head of Academia Historica, serving until February 2019, when he was named Director of the National Palace Museum. He stepped down from the NPM in January 2023.

Wu Mi-cha
吳密察
Wu in 2017
Director of the National Palace Museum
In office
15 February 2019 – 31 January 2023
Preceded byChen Chi-nan
Lee Ching-hui (acting)
Succeeded byHsiao Tsung-huang
Director of Academia Historica
In office
20 May 2016 – 13 February 2019
Preceded byLu Fang-shang [zh]
Succeeded byHo Chih-lin (acting)
Chen Yi-shen [zh]
Director of the National Museum of Taiwan History
In office
March 2007 – 1 August 2008
Succeeded byLu Li-cheng [zh]
Vice Chairman of the Council for Cultural Affairs
In office
5 February 2001 – 20 May 2004
MinisterTchen Yu-chiou [zh]
Preceded byLuo Wen-jia
Succeeded byWu Chin-fa
Personal details
Born (1956-03-22) 22 March 1956 (age 68)
Beimen, Tainan, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (since 2002)
EducationNational Taiwan University (BA)
University of Tokyo (PhD)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳密察
Simplified Chinese吴密察
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Mìchá
Southern Min
Hokkien POJNgô͘ Bi̍t-chhat

Education

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Wu studied history at National Taiwan University (NTU) and later joined the faculty after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo.[1] He specialized in the history of Taiwan.[2][3]

Career

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By 2001, Wu joined the Executive Yuan as vice chairman of the Council of Cultural Affairs (CCA).[4] While working at the CCA, he remained on the NTU faculty.[5][6] In 2002, Wu and the CCA established a task force to investigate missing artifacts held by the National Taiwan Museum.[7] Wu joined the Democratic Progressive Party in July of that year.[8][9][10] In his CCA capacity, Wu acted as council spokesman and addressed several groups,[11] among them the European Union Study Association–Taiwan and Ketagalan Academy.[12][13] In September 2003, Wu announced that the CCA had drafted the National Languages Development Law, ensuring that Taiwan would not have an official language, in turn allowing local governments to choose a suitable language for communication.[14][15] Wu was supportive of Taichung mayor Jason Hu's unsuccessful attempt to bring a branch of the Guggenheim Museum to the city.[16] In April 2004, Wu visited Europe as CCA vice chair to discuss storage of historical documents.[17]

He left the CCA in 2004, and returned to National Taiwan University.[18] Wu subsequent endeavors included a set of bilingual comic books on Taiwan's history, published in 2005,[19] and a documentary on Lee Teng-hui's leadership during the democratization of Taiwan, released in 2006.[20] Wu's other publications include Liu Yung-fu in the Yiwei Battle,[21] contributions to The Expedition to Formosa,[22] and International View of the 228 Incident.[23] By 2007, Wu had become the director of the National Museum of Taiwan History, which was scheduled to open the next year.[24][25] Previously, in 2004, Wu had contributed records of Taiwan's opium production during the Japanese era to the museum.[26]

In 2016, Wu was appointed director of Academia Historica and to the board of the Memorial Foundation of 228 [zh].[27][28] In August 2016, Wu stated that Academia Historica would be enforcing access restrictions to documents within its archives codified by Freedom of Government Information Act.[29] As the institute's director, Wu worked with the Tsai Ing-wen presidential administration to compile records of persecution, namely relating to the 228 incident of 1947.[30] By June 2017, the Academia Historica under Wu's leadership had released 260,000 documents for publication online.[31] Wu has continually advocated for the declassification and publication of documents from several periods of the history of the Republic of China during his time with the Memorial Foundation of 228 and Academia Historica.[32][33][34] In February 2019, Wu was appointed as Director of the National Palace Museum.[35][36] Wu was replaced by Hsiao Tsung-huang in January 2023.[37]

References

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  1. ^ "Talk By Wu Mi-Cha". University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. January 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ Chu, Monique (27 February 2000). "New Zealander donates account of 228". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. ^ Chu, Monique (28 February 2000). "NZ manuscript tells about 228". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. ^ Yeh, Lindy (13 August 2001). "The mystique of med school". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  5. ^ Chu, Monique (15 August 2001). "Koizumi visit to shrine gets late response". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  6. ^ Yeh, Lindy (17 October 2001). "Association celebrates local culture". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. ^ Huang, Sandy (27 February 2002). "Legislator says staff stole museum relics". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. ^ Lin, Miao-jung (18 July 2002). "MAC official's DPP ties run deep". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  9. ^ Lin, Miao-jung; Chu, Monique (22 July 2002). "Government officials migrate to DPP". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  10. ^ Lin, Mei-chun (29 July 2002). "Top officials to join DPP in ceremony". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  11. ^ Phipps, Gavin (7 December 2002). "From station to station". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  12. ^ Chang, Yun-ping (27 March 2003). "Forum focuses on cultural industry". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  13. ^ Lin, Mei-chun (15 April 2003). "Ketagalan Academy president calls for opposition to stop attacking institution". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  14. ^ Huang, Jewel (23 September 2003). "Council says country to have no official language". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Editorial: Ensuring linguistic diversity". Taipei Times. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  16. ^ Lee, Vico (4 October 2003). "Taichung the new Bilbao?". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Team visits Vatican". Taipei Times. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  18. ^ Chang, Rich (26 April 2005). "Choice of book gift may give clues to Lien's intentions". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  19. ^ "Bilingual comics tell nation's history". Taipei Times. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  20. ^ Huang, Jewel (11 July 2006). "Film highlights Lee Teng-hui's role in democratization". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  21. ^ Han Cheung (19 June 2016). "As the last resistance fell". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  22. ^ Han Cheung (8 May 2016). "Taiwan in Time: Sovereignty in question". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  23. ^ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chung, Jake (25 February 2018). "Deep-blue group exhibits data to 'exonerate' KMT". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  24. ^ Bartholomew, Ian (3 October 2007). "Museum offers historical tours of Tainan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  25. ^ Hsu, Jenny W. (20 October 2007). "Taiwan signs museum exchange". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  26. ^ Huang, Jewel (11 February 2004). "A museum for everybody requires everybody's help". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  27. ^ Tseng, Wei-chen (16 May 2016). "Next Academia Historica head appointed". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  28. ^ Lee, Hsin-fang; Chung, Jake (24 September 2016). "228 Massacre Anniversary: Foundation locked in power struggle". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  29. ^ Tseng, Wei-chen; Hetherington, William (1 August 2016). "Academia Historica to halt document access to Chinese". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  30. ^ "228 evidence indicts Chiang: academic". Taipei Times. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  31. ^ Lee, Hsin-fang (25 June 2017). "Tsai recommits to transitional justice". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  32. ^ Chung, Li-hua; Hetherington, William (20 December 2016). "KMT refuse Academia Historica publishing rights". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  33. ^ Chung, Li-hua; Chung, Jake (26 February 2017). "Foundation bemoans reluctance to declassify 228 files". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  34. ^ Su, Yung-yao; Hetherington, William (10 December 2017). "Transitional Justice Act: INTERVIEW: Wu says act can collect 'hidden' records, increase trust". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  35. ^ Ku, Chuan; Kao, Evelyn (13 February 2019). "National Palace Museum, marine agency get new leaders". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  36. ^ Huang, Tzu-ti (13 February 2019). "Taiwan's Academia Historica head tapped as new National Palace Museum Director". Taiwan News. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  37. ^ Wang, Chau-yu; Lo, James; Shih, Hsiu-chuan. "Premier-designate names more Cabinet appointments". Central News Agency. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
 
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