Justin Chou attended both Chiehso and Yan Ping High Schools in Taipei before graduating from Shih Hsin University.
15 Facts About Justin Chou
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Justin Chou began his political career as party spokesman, for the Kuomintang as a whole and specifically for the party's Culture and Communications Affairs Committee, later rising to assistant director of the committee.
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Justin Chou then represented Lien Chan and James Soong, who fielded a joint ticket in the 2004 presidential elections.
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Justin Chou was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in that year's legislative elections, despite the loss of the Pan-Blue coalition's presidential ticket.
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Justin Chou brought attention to weakening infrastructure and multiple nationwide violations of the School Health Act, calling out educational institutions that did not employ the number of nutritionists the law required.
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Justin Chou led allegations of forgery against National Taiwan Normal University president Huang Kuan-tsae in 2005.
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Justin Chou contested the organization's top leadership position, and lost to Lin Yi-shih.
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Justin Chou won reelection to the legislature in 2008 while serving as Ma's presidential campaign manager.
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Justin Chou led the Foreign and National Defense Committee with Chang Hsien-yao.
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Justin Chou visited Nicaragua in May 2009, as part of a government delegation led by Ma.
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Justin Chou backed Chang in his bid for the Kaohsiung mayoralty in 2010.
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Justin Chou faced Chen Yu-mei in a party primary during his second reelection bid until she dropped out April 2011.
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Justin Chou has repeatedly criticized China for its suppression of Taiwan on the international stage.
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Justin Chou has been active in the entertainment industry as a singer and film director.
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Justin Chou helped cast Wei Te-sheng's 2011 film Seediq Bale by working with the Ministry of National Defense to ensure aboriginal members of the military could take time off to appear on screen.