Stella Chou

Stella Chou
Chou Chuan
MLY
周荃
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 1999
ConstituencyTaipei County
In office
1 February 1990 – 31 January 1996
ConstituencyTaipei 1→Taipei North
Personal details
Born (1956-07-03) 3 July 1956 (age 68)
Tainan County, Taiwan
Political partyNew Party (1993–1997)
Other political
affiliations		Kuomintang (until 1993)
EducationChinese Culture University (BA)

Stella Chou (Chinese: 周荃; born 3 July 1956) is a Taiwanese journalist and politician.

Career

Chou studied journalism at Chinese Culture University and worked as a reporter for several television networks.[1] She stood as a Kuomintang candidate for the 1989 Legislative Yuan elections,[2] and was reelected in 1992. In August 1993, she became a founding member of the Chinese New Party, alongside Chen Kuei-miao, Jaw Shaw-kong, Lee Ching-hua, Wang Chien-shien, and Yok Mu-ming.[3] Later that year, Chou coordinated New Party campaigns alongside Ju Gau-jeng.[4] Chou contested the 1995 legislative elections, winning a third term. She sought New Party backing for a 1997 bid at the Taipei County magistracy, and left the New Party when it chose to nominate Yang Tai-shun.[5] In 2002, business executive Su Hui-chen claimed that she bribed a legislative committee four years prior on which Chou was a member.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Stella Chou (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Constructive Controversies". Taiwan Today. 1 December 1989. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ "A New Party Digs In for the Race". Taiwan Today. 1 March 1994. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Partido Nuevo y P. Social Demócrata, preparados para elecciones de enero". Noticas de Taiwan (in Spanish). 16 December 1993. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ^ Schafferer, Christian (2003). The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan. Lexington Books. p. 147. ISBN 9780739104811.
  6. ^ Hsu, Crystal (17 September 2002). "Wong denies Su's Zanadau allegations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ^ Hsu, Crystal (22 September 2002). "Former lawmaker Wong denies role in latest scandal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. ^ Hsu, Crystal (28 December 2002). "Wang Jyn-pingdragged into Zanadau case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 July 2020.