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List of events
Events from the year 2017 in Taiwan ,
Republic of China . This year is numbered Minguo 106 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
1 August – The upgrade of Chungyu Institute of Technology in
Xinyi District ,
Keelung to be
Chungyu University of Film and Arts .
5 August – A group of PLA Xian H-6K bomber aircraft and one Shaanxi Y-8 aircraft flew near Taiwan ADIZ.
[23]
9 August – One PLA Shaanxi Y-8 aircraft flew east of Taiwan passing through the Miyako Strait.
[23]
13 August – Two PLA Shaanxi Y-8 aircraft flew east of Taiwan.
[23]
15 August
16 August –
Shen Jong-chin appointed acting Minister of Economic Affairs.
19 August – Opening ceremony of the
2017 Summer Universiade held at
Taipei Municipal Stadium .
[26]
30 August – Closing ceremony of the 2017 Summer Universiade held at Taipei Municipal Stadium.
[27]
September
October
November
December
Deaths
8 January –
Chin Chin-sheng [
zh ] , 69, Taiwanese politician, Secretary-General of
People First Party , heart attack.
[32]
22 January –
Chen Yu-mei , 50, Taiwanese politician, deputy minister of the
OCAC (2013–14).
[33]
23 January –
Leslie Koo , 62, Taiwanese business executive (
Taiwan Cement ), fall.
[34]
24 January –
Mike Hua [
zh ] , 92, Taiwanese aeronautical engineer (
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo ).
[35]
[36]
9 February –
Chen Hsing-ling , 92, Taiwanese military officer.
[37]
16 February –
Wang Ben-hu , 63, Taiwanese television presenter, complications of bone marrow and intestinal cancer.
[38]
[39]
[40]
8 March –
Li Yuan-tsu , 93, Taiwanese politician,
Vice President of the Republic of China (1990–1996), kidney failure.
[41]
11 March –
Tsui Hsiao-ping , 94, Taiwanese radio director.
[42]
26 March –
Chen Uen , 58, Taiwanese manhua artist, heart attack.
[43]
8 April –
Pei Pu-yen , 96, Taiwanese literary scholar, brain tumor.
[44]
[45]
18 April –
Li Yih-yuan , 85, Taiwanese anthropologist, complications of pneumonia.
[46]
20 April –
Chen Lien-hua (陳蓮花), 93, Taiwanese
comfort woman , intestinal infection.
[47]
[48]
22 April –
Lee Chi-chun , 74, Taiwanese radio presenter.
[49]
25 April –
Hsieh Chin-ting , 81, Taiwanese politician,
Miaoli County Magistrate (1981–1989).
[50]
27 April –
Lin Yi-han , 26, Taiwanese writer, suicide by hanging.
[51]
15 May –
Chu Ke-liang , 70, Taiwanese actor (
The New Legend of Shaolin ,
David Loman ,
The Wonderful Wedding ) and comedian, liver failure.
[52]
31 May –
Jerry Martinson , 74, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest, heart attack.
[53]
10 June –
Chi Po-lin , 52, Taiwanese film director (
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above ), helicopter crash.
[54]
[55]
18 June –
Shih Chun-jen , 93, Taiwanese neurosurgeon, Minister of the
Department of Health (1986–1990), heart attack.
[56]
21 June –
Chen Li-hung [
zh ] , 52, Taiwanese political commentator, brain tumor.
[57]
Jeffrey Ying (應天華), 63, Taiwanese aviator, first Taiwanese pilot to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine airplane, plane crash.
[58]
[59]
18 July –
Robert Wu [
zh ] , 66, Taiwanese businessman, (
Eslite Bookstore ).
[60]
[61]
22 July –
Daniel Ross [
zh ] , 83, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest.
[62]
31 July –
Liu Wen-hsiung , 62, Taiwanese politician,
MLY (1999–2008).
[63]
22 August –
Matthew Kia Yen-wen , 92, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of
Taipei (1978–1989), Bishop of
Kiayi (1970–1974) and
Hwalien (1974–1978).
[64]
22 September –
Lee Yung-ping [
zh ] , 70, Sarawak-born Taiwanese novelist, multiple organ failure.
[65]
27 September –
Shen Che-tsai , 91, Taiwanese painter.
[66]
28 September –
Lee Hsin , 64, Taiwanese politician, member of the
National Assembly (1996–1998) and the
Taipei City Council (since 1998), suicide by jumping.
[67]
4 November –
Cheng Ch'ing-wen , 85, Taiwanese writer.
[68]
16 November –
Hsiao Teng-tzang , 83, Taiwanese politician,
MLY (1973–1986),
Minister of Justice (1988–1989).
[69]
19 November –
Tai Chen-yao , 69, Taiwanese politician,
MLY (1990–1996, 1999–2002), pancreatic cancer.
[70]
9 December –
Ching Li , 72, Taiwanese actress.
[71]
14 December –
Yu Kwang-chung , 89, Taiwanese poet.
[72]
22 December –
Wang Panyuan , 109, Taiwanese painter, multiple organ failure.
[73]
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