Hsieh Chin-ting (; 1936–2017) was a Taiwanese judge and politician. Hsieh was born in 1936 to a family of farmers in Tōfun, Chikunan,

Shinchiku Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese era. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, Taoyuan City, and Miaoli County. Population 1941 ( Showa 16) census *Total population: 838,011 **Jap ...

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, which later became known as Shuiliugong, a division of

Toufen Toufen (Hakka PFS: ''Thèu-fun''; Hokkien POJ: ''Thâu-hūn'') is a county-administered city in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Zhunan. History In 2007, there was a revitalization project for ...

Miaoli County Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the nort ...

. He graduated from the School of Law of National Taiwan University and became a prosecutor and judge. With support from the

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, Hsieh was elected to two terms as Miaoli County Magistrate, serving between 1981 and 1989. He was a proponent of youth and amateur sports. During his magisterial tenure, Hsieh hosted the 1984 Taiwan Middle School Games and 1988 . After the left the magistracy, Hsieh served in several roles within the

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. He offered to return to his judicial post within the provincial government after it had been downsized, but the offer was rejected by the

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. The Chen Qingbo Culture and Education Foundation published Hsieh's autobiography in 1995. Hsieh died at home in Taipei on 25 April 2017, aged 81.

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