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Taiwan-related events during the year of 2020
Events from the year 2020 in Taiwan ,
Republic of China . This year is numbered Minguo 109 according to the official
Republic of China calendar .
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
30 August –
Milos Vystrcil President of the Czech Senate arrived in Taiwan. It is the second high-profile visit by a foreign delegation to the island, after a visit by US Health Secretary
Alex Azar who came (August 9, 2020) was the first US cabinet official to visit Taiwan since 1979.
[5]
September
October
November
December
Deaths
2 January —
Shen Yi-ming , 62, Taiwanese
Air Force commander,
Chief of the General Staff (since 2019),
helicopter crash .
[6]
7 January –
Chang Chiu-hua , 83, Taiwanese politician, mayor of
Miaoli (1973–1982),
Miaoli County Magistrate (1989–1993), liver cancer.
[7]
2 February – Jimmy Chang (張振民), 69, Taiwanese chef.
[8]
15 February –
Sheu Yu-jer , 67, Taiwanese economist and politician,
Minister of Finance (2016–2018).
[9]
13 March –
Yang Mu , 79, Taiwanese poet.
[10]
17 March –
Hsiao Feng Hsien [
zh ] , 79, Taiwanese opera performer.
[11]
22 March –
Serena Liu , 44, Taiwanese dancer, complications from heart surgery.
[12]
29 March –
Wang Wen-hsieh [
zh ] , 87, Taiwanese general and public official, traffic collision.
[13]
30 March –
Hau Pei-tsun , 100, Taiwanese military officer and politician,
Chief of the General Staff (1981–1989),
Minister of National Defense (1989–1990),
Premier (1990–1993), multiple organ failure.
[14]
21 April –
Liu Ping-wei , 67, Taiwanese politician,
MLY (1999–2002), oral cancer.
[15]
16 May –
Chung Chao-cheng , 95, Taiwanese writer.
[16]
25 May –
Wu Pong-fong , 55, Taiwanese actor and choreographer, stroke.
[17]
5 June –
Ko Si-chi , 90, Taiwanese photographer.
[18]
6 June –
Hsu Kun-yuan , Taiwanese politician, speaker of the
Kaohsiung City Council (since 2018), suicide by defenestration.
[19]
24 June –
Ding-Shinn Chen , 76, Taiwanese hepatologist, pancreatic cancer.
[20]
2 July -
Chiu Chuang-huan , 94, Taiwanese politician,
Minister of the Interior (1978–1981),
Vice Premier (1981-1984),
President of the Examination Yuan (1993-1996).
[21]
7 July –
Sheng-Chang Chiang [
zh ] , 56, Taiwanese technology executive (
Micro-Star International ), fall.
[22]
30 July –
Lee Teng-hui , 97, Taiwanese politician,
President (1988–2000),
Vice President (1984–1988),
Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–20000), septic shock and multiple organ failure.
[23]
3 August –
Luo Pei-ying , 59, Taiwanese actress.
[24] (body discovered on this date)
16 September –
Alien Huang , 36, Taiwanese singer, actor (
Already Famous ,
Din Tao: Leader of the Parade ) and television presenter (
100% Entertainment ), aortic dissection.
[25]
30 September –
Mai Chia-je , 33, Taiwanese baseball player (
Brother Elephants ), traffic collision.
[26]
1 November –
Chang Yi , 68, Taiwanese film director (
Jade Love ,
Kuei-Mei, a Woman ), co-founder of
Liuli Gongfang .
[27]
7 November –
Chung Laung Liu , 86, Chinese-born Taiwanese computer scientist.
[28]
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^ Chung, Li-hua; Xie, Dennis (15 January 2020).
"Anti-infiltration Act takes effect today" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 15 January 2020 .
^ Wang, Flor; Yeh, Su-ping (20 January 2020).
"Political party associated with Chen Shui-bian disbanded" . Central News Agency. Retrieved 20 January 2020 .
^
" 'Heavy price': China threatens Czech official over Taiwan visit" .
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"Chief of general staff among eight killed in military chopper crash" . Central News Agency. Retrieved 2 January 2020 .
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"Kaohsiung council speaker jumps to death after Han recall election" . Central News Agency. Retrieved 6 June 2020 .
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
"ACADEMICIAN CHUNG-LAUNG LIU HAS PASSED AWAY" . Academia Sinica. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020 .
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