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Chou Yang-shan (; born 24 August 1957) is a Taiwanese politician. He sat on the
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from 1996 to 1999, was a member of the
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in 2005, and served on the
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between 2008 and 2014.


Career

Chou attended National Taiwan University (NTU), and completed graduate studies at
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. He was a reporter for the '' China Times'' and ''
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'', then taught at NTU and National Chengchi University. Chou was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995 from Taipei 1. He represented the New Party and was the party's caucus convener. After stepping down from the Legislative Yuan, Chou returned to NTU as a political analyst. In this position, he spoke to the media regarding foreign affairs, public opinion, the political nomination process, and constitutional reform. Though it was reported that Chou had accepted a nomination from the People First Party in the legislative elections of 2001, he was not elected to the Legislative Yuan for a second term. Instead, he represented the New Party in a case before the
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regarding the joint nomination of
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. He continued teaching at NTU, and also served as an advisor to the
Control Yuan The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Prior to constitutional reforms in the 1990s, the Control Yuan, along with National Assembly (electoral college) and the Legislative ...
. Chou was elected to the
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in 2005, and attended the legislative body's final meeting prior to its suspension. By 2007, he had joined the faculty of Chinese Culture University, and, backed by the New Party, launched an unsuccessful bid for the Legislative Yuan. Shortly thereafter, Chou was nominated and confirmed for a seat on the Control Yuan. In July 2009, Chou and began investigating the
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's decision to remove kilns in
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in favor of urban redevelopment. Chou aided other probes regarding infrastructure, public land use, and immigration. In November 2010, Chou motioned to impeach
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for misusing government funds. In January 2011, Chou disputed
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's statement that Taiwanese citizens have free choice with regard to the future because the Constitution of the Republic of China mandates unification with the mainland. That year, Chou participated in reviews exploring the possibility of simultaneous presidential and legislative elections for 2012, the South China Sea territorial disputes, and the average age of Taiwanese diplomats. In August, Chou and Ma Hsiu-ru's report on management practices at the Central News Agency led to the censure of the Government Information Office and
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. Three months after the action against the GIO, Chou launched an investigation into
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, Taiwan's representative to Singapore. Upon completing the report in July 2012, Chou advocated for its conclusions to be declassified. Chou's agency eventually decided against his proposal. Though the ''United Daily News'' speculated that Chou would resign over this disagreement, he did not do so. Chou ended 2012 by finishing probes into social services for
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and air pollution, while commencing an investigation into the construction of Miramar Resort Village on Shanyuan Bay in Taitung. In April 2013, a report authored by Chou pushed authorities to declassify documents relating to the 228 Incident. Controversially, this report quoted , who stated that
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was of Japanese descent. That July, a report written by Chou and Ma Hsiu-ru led to the censure of the Ministry of Culture. Chou left the Control Yuan at the end of his six-year term in 2014, and later joined the faculty of
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chou, Yang-shan 1957 births Living people National Taiwan University alumni National Taiwan University faculty Columbia University alumni Chinese Culture University faculty National Chengchi University faculty Taiwanese journalists New Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Taiwanese Members of the Control Yuan Leaders of the New Party (Taiwan)