James Soong Chu-yu (born 30 April 1942) is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder and current Chairman of the People First Party. Soong was the first...
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founded by James Soong in March 2000 after his failed independent presidential bid earlier in the January 2000 presidential election; Soong was previously...
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Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Chinese: 蔣介石夫人) or Madame Chiang...
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then-current vice president Lien Chan for the KMT, former provincial governor James Soong as an independent candidate (upon his loss of the KMT nomination), and...
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Lien Chan running for president and James Soong running for vice president. The campaign emblem for the Lien-Soong campaign was a two-seat bicycle with...
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and his running mate Chang San-cheng, as well as third-party candidate James Soong. Following major losses during the 2018 Taiwanese local elections, Tsai...
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running mate Chen Chien-jen won over Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and James Soong of the People First Party (PFP). Tsai became the first female president...
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Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan and People First Party Chairman James Soong. Lien and Soong refused to concede and unsuccessfully challenged the results...
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under different tickets. This was the case for Taiwanese politician James Soong, who withdrew from the Kuomintang and ran against its official candidate...
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nominee, former party Secretary-General James Soong launched an independent bid, which resulted in the expulsion of Soong and his supporters and the formation...
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for James Soong. During the presidential debates, Li even stated that he was not planning to vote for himself and that people should vote for Soong. Since...
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running mate Chen Chien-jen won over Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and James Soong of the People First Party (PFP). Tsai became the first female president...
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independent vice-presidential candidate (on the ticket of James Soong) in the 2000 election. Along with Soong, he established the People First Party in 2000, after...
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KMT chairmanship and sideline him as a figurehead. With the help of James Soong—himself a member of the Palace Faction—who quieted the hardliners with...
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Jones Soong (Chinese: 宋嘉澍; pinyin: Sòng Jiāshù; Wade–Giles: Sung Chia-shu; October 17, 1861 – May 3, 1918), also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju...
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87 Wang Jin-pyng 68 Hong Yuh-chin Lien Chan KMT 225 46 Chung Shao-ho James Soong PFP 13 Liao Pen-yen Huang Chu-wen TSU 1 — Yok Mu-ming NP 6th DPP Su Tseng-chang...
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Soong Ai-ling (traditional Chinese: 宋藹齡; simplified Chinese: 宋蔼龄; pinyin: Sòng Àilíng), legally Soong E-ling or Eling Soong (July 15, 1889 – October 20...
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Secretary-General. PFP chairman James Soong Chu-yu launched the party's first-ever presidential bid on 20 September 2011. Soong stated, however, that his candidacy...
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Lien Chan, over James Soong, who had bolted from the party and was running as an independent. The competition between Lien and Soong split the Pan-Blue...
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the party encouraged party members to support former Kuomintang member James Soong. It won one seat in the 2001 legislative elections, and saw significant...
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vote as a result of a split of factions within the Kuomintang, when James Soong ran for the presidency as an independent against the party nominee Lien...
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Japanese exodus. The Pan-Blue reunited in the election of 2004 with Lien and Soong running on a combined ticket against DPP's Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu...
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Chinese names. For example, the Taiwanese politician Soong Chu-yu is also known as "James Soong". In the case of Christians, their Western names are often...
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criticised by the Pan-Blue Coalition for not taking a greater role in the Lien-Soong campaign and acting as convener for a private group of economic advisers...
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Party Candidate Votes Percentage President Vice president Independent James Soong Chang Chau-hsiung 114,299 27.53% Kuomintang Lien Chan Vincent Siew 107...
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Song (Chinese surname) (redirect from Soong)
Chinese family name 宋. It is transliterated as Sung in Wade-Giles, and Soong is also a common transliteration. In addition to being a common surname...
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English Australian edition was launched in Sydney in 2005. Nick Couldry and James Curran wrote in 2003 that the paper represents a "major step in the evolution...
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nominee, former party Secretary-General James Soong launched an independent bid, which resulted in the expulsion of Soong and his supporters and the formation...
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Under the Roof of One China is a political principle introduced by James Soong in regard to the relationship between Taiwan and the World Health Organization...
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government. These hopes proved unfulfilled as then-Kuomintang member James Soong was elected governor of Taiwan province, defeating the DPP candidate...
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