Yok Mu-ming
Yok Mu-ming is a Taiwanese pharmacist and politician who was the chairperson of the New Party from 2003 to February 2020.
Early life and education
Yu was born on July 19, 1940, in Shanghai, which was then under the control of the Japanese Wang Jingwei regime. He was a member of a large family of pharmacists; he was the youngest son of a family of 12 sisters and four brothers. His grandfather, Yu Huaizhi, opened a pharmacy in Shanghai in 1903.In 1948, Yu's family moved to Taiwan and remained there following the [Retreat of the government of the Republic of Republic of China (1912–1949)|China to Taiwan|Great Retreat]. He graduated from the National Defense Medical Center with a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy in 1963, then earned a Master of Science in morphology from the university in 1969. From 1971 to 1973, Yu studied anatomy in the United States at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.
Cross-strait relations
2005 mainland China visit
Yok and delegates from the New Party made an 8-day visit to mainland China in July 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of China's victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The delegates visited Beijing, Dalian, Guangzhou and Nanjing in a tour called "Journey of the Chinese Nation".In Guangzhou, Yok and his delegates paid tribute at the Huanghuagang Mausoleum of 72 Martyrs honoring the deceased during the Second Guangzhou Uprising to overthrow the Qing dynasty and establish the Republic of China.