14 Facts About Wang Tuoh

Wang Tuoh was a Taiwanese writer, public intellectual, literary critic, and politician.

Wang Tuoh was born in Badouzi, then a small fishing village near the northern port city of Keelung.

Wang Tuoh then studied literature in the United States at the University of Iowa.

Wang Tuoh published his first short story, The Hanging Tree in 1970, and went on to write a series of stories set in his home village of Badouzi that drew heavily on his own experiences in a small, insular village where everyone is part of a larger family that has been there for five generations.

Wang Tuoh then falls behind on her payments to her Hui, an informal village credit network, and finds herself gradually ostracized from her friends and family.

Wang Tuoh formed an alliance with the DPP's Formosa faction, which disbanded after its leader Hsu Hsing-liang left the party.

In 2002, Wang Tuoh became a member of the Justice faction.

Wang Tuoh was nominated by the DPP to run for Keelung City mayor in 2005.

However, Wang Tuoh remained on the ballot, and finished fourth in the election.

From this position, Wang Tuoh pushed for substantial increases to the culture budget.

In May 2008, Wang Tuoh was appointed by chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen to serve as the Secretary General of the DPP.

In taking on the position, Wang Tuoh chose not to be paid.

Wang Tuoh helped the party out of a NT$150 million debt, while reducing its bureaucracy and infighting shortly after the 2008 elections.

Wang Tuoh died in Taipei on 9 August 2016 at the age of 72, due to complications of a heart attack.