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Shao Yu-ming

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Shao Yu-ming
邵玉銘
Director-General of the Government Information Office
In office
22 April 1987 – 20 September 1991
Preceded byChang King-yuh
Succeeded byJason Hu
Personal details
Born(1938-11-03)3 November 1938
Binjiang Province, Manchukuo
Died7 February 2026(2026-02-07) (aged 87)
Taipei, Taiwan
PartyKuomintang
EducationNational Chengchi University (BA)
Tufts University (MA)
University of Chicago (PhD)
OccupationHistorian

Shao Yu-ming (Chinese: 邵玉銘; 3 November 1938 – 7 February 2026) was a Taiwanese politician.

Life and career

Shao was born on 3 November 1938 in what was then Manchukuo's Binjiang Province. He moved to Taiwan in 1948, reuniting with his parents. Shao earned a bachelor's degree from the Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University, completed a master's degree at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, then obtained a PhD in history at the University of Chicago,[1][2] where he specialized in Chinese history.[3] While attending UChicago, Shao participated in a protest about the Senkaku Islands dispute,[4] and met Jason Hu for the first time, a fellow member of the Kuomintang who would later succeed him at the Government Information Office.[5] Upon returning to Taiwan in 1982, Shao began teaching at NCCU.[1][2] Through 2012, Shao continued to hold a professorship at his alma mater.[6]

He served as director-general of the Government Information Office from 1987 to 1991.[7] During his tenure, the first GIO emblem was designed. It featured a map of China and the flag of the Republic of China, and remained in use from 1988 through 2001.[8][9] The Taiwanese government lifted restrictions on civilian travel to China, then Shao's GIO eased similar limitations on people employed by mass media outlets.[10][11] Shao later told Chiu Fu-sheng, the producer of the film A City of Sadness (1989) that approving the film nearly caused Shao's firing from the GIO.[12]

In the early 2000s Shao served as chairman of the Central Daily News.[13][14] He left the post in 2003, when a merger with the China Daily News was underway.[15] Around the same time, Shao was also the Kuomintang's deputy secretary general. By 2003, Shao had stepped down as deputy secretary general, but retained his seat on the Central Committee.[16] He was a member of the Straits Exchange Foundation until late 2002.[17] In 2005, Shao was considered for a vacancy on the National Communications Commission.[18] He later chaired the Coordination Council for North American Affairs.[19]

In July 2013, Shao was elected chair of the Public Television Service.[20] At the time, PTS board meetings had been delayed for two and a half years as the Ministry of Culture struggled to fill vacant board seats.[20][21] In November of the same year, TBS Dispatch Workers' Union began protesting to draw attention to the fact that PTS classified a fifth of its workforce as temporary employees, and demand that Shao formally place those employees on payroll.[22] On 22 December 2013, Shao attended a mass media forum in China, alongside Central News Agency president Chen Kuo-hsiang and over 70 other media professionals.[23][24] Chen and Shao were sharply criticized by members of the Legislative Yuan affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party.[25] Following the Sunflower Student Movement, Shao promised to investigate programing alterations made by PTS on 31 March 2014, which resulted in a reduction of protest-related coverage as the protest was live.[26] In 2015, Chinese Television System seated Shao to a task force responsible for managing the station's debt.[27] In 2016, Shao vowed that detailed content moderation guidelines would be developed and implemented on PTS's citizen journalism platform PeoPo, after a PeoPo community member posted video of herself insulting elderly waishengren.[28]

Shao died in Taipei on 7 February 2026, at the age of 87. He was married to Chin Hsiu-li, a member of the board of directors for the Republic of China chapter of the Asociación Mundial de Mujeres Periodistas y Escritoras.[1][2]

References

  1. Wang, Cheng-chung; Lo, Kuan-jen; Liang, Chun-li; Huang, Frances (7 February 2026). "Ex-Government Information Office head Shaw Yu-ming dead at 87". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  2. "前行政院新聞局長邵玉銘87歲逝世 任內宣布解嚴、開放報禁【獨家】" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. 7 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. Aeba, Takanori (July 1989). "They Changed History! An Interview with ROC Spokesman Shaw Yu-ming". Taiwan Panorama. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  4. Han Cheung (7 April 2019). "Taiwan in Time: A tale of two protests over specks of land". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  5. "上周一事驚覺不妙…邵玉銘7日逝世 胡志強憶接新聞局長前曾授秘訣". World Journal (in Chinese). 7 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  6. Keating, Jerome (23 June 2013). "Sovereignty belongs to Taiwanese". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  7. Chu, Monique (14 March 2002). "Lawmakers quibble over GIO Web site and possible official names for Taiwan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  8. Chu, Monique (30 December 2001). "GIO ditches its old emblem to remove reference to China". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  9. Chu, Monique (1 January 2002). "GIO gets rid of its emblem to remove reference to China". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  10. Han Cheung (11 September 2016). "Taiwan in time: Freedom of the press, China style". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  11. Han Cheung (3 June 2018). "Taiwan in Time: The June Fourth incident, Taipei". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  12. "INTERVIEW: Chiu Fu-sheng's vanity film ended up making history". Taipei Times. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  13. Lin, Mei-chun (27 February 2001). "Women were 'legally sold,' Shi says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  14. Chu, Monique (13 June 2002). "Newspaperman joining diplomats in foreign affairs". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  15. "Troubled KMT-run papers to merge in a bid to cut costs". 7 January 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2026. Alternate URL
  16. "Old men could give DPP run for its money". Taipei Times. 23 April 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  17. Lin, Miao-jung (2 November 2002). "SEF selects board of directors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  18. Ko, Shu-ling (24 November 2005). "DPP wants plan-blues to re-nominate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  19. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (3 September 2011). "Diaoyutais belong to 'China': official". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  20. "SHAW YU-MING IS THE NEW PTS CHAIRMAN". Ministry of Culture. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  21. Shan, Shelley (18 June 2013). "Ministry of Culture names four PTS board nominees". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  22. Loa, Iok-sin (16 November 2013). "TBS temporary staff demand to join the payroll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  23. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (9 January 2014). "Lung urges Beijing to fix 'bad' attitude". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  24. Chen, Hui-ping; Hsu, Stacy (31 December 2013). "Opinions differ on cross-strait media". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  25. Chen, Hui-ping; Tseng, Wei-chen; Hsu, Stacy. "CNA, PTS labeled 'China mouthpieces'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  26. "PTS set to launch probe into protest". Taipei Times. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  27. Wu, Po-hsuan; Chung, Jake (30 March 2015). "TBS board postpones plan to build New Media Hotel". Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  28. Fang, Chih-hsien (12 June 2016). "PeoPo to review all content after citizen report ire". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.