Hsu Yung-ming
Hsu Yung-ming is a Taiwanese political scientist, pollster, and politician. He represented the New Power Party within the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020. In August 2019, he began serving as NPP chairman. Following his removal from the post in August 2020, Hsu withdrew from the party.
Education
After graduating from Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School in 1985, Hsu studied political science at National Taiwan University and obtained a bachelor's degree in 1989 and a master's degree in 1994. He then pursued doctoral studies in the United States, earning his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1999. His doctoral dissertation, "The formation of national identity in Taiwan," was completed under political scientist Christopher H. Achen of Princeton University. After receiving his doctorate, Hsu began a teaching career at National Chung Cheng University.Academic career
In the mid-2000s, Hsu was a political analyst and research fellow at Academia Sinica's Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. He later joined the faculty of Soochow University, where he taught political science, and served as director of the Taiwan Brain Trust think tank. After completing his term on the Legislative Yuan and stepping away from party politics, Hsu returned to his teaching position at Soochow.Political stances as an academic
Citing survey data from the Mainlander Taiwanese Association, Hsu opined in 2005 that differing views of the 228 Incident are no longer an ethnic issue, but instead a cross-party conflict. He has criticized the Kuomintang and People First Party's electoral strategy in the 2000 [Republic of China presidential election|2000 presidential elections], comparing it to the Democratic Party's loss in the 2000 [United States presidential election|United States presidential elections held that same year]. Shortly after the 2006 protests led by Shih Ming-teh, Hsu wrote that the proposed formation of a third presidential ticket in the 2008 election would have taken more votes from the Democratic Progressive Party, leading to an easy Kuomintang victory. The KMT won that election without the materialization of a third-party candidate.Hsu believes that increased economic cooperation between Taiwan and China is a manifestation of dependency theory.