Kao Chin Su-mei
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Kao Chin Su-mei MLY |
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at a March 2008 protest
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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Assumed office 1 February 2002 |
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| Constituency | Highland Aborigines |
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21 September 1965 (age 51) Heping, Taichung County |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Non-Partisan Solidarity Union |
| Alma mater | Minzu University of China |
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| Ciwas Ali | |||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gāo Jīn Sùméi |
| Wade–Giles | Kao Chin Su-mei |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Jíwásī Ālì |
| Wade–Giles | Chi-wa-ssu A-li |
Kao Chin Su-mei (born September 21, 1965), also known as Chin Su-mei and May Chin, is a Taiwanese politician and retired actress and singer. She is of Manchu and Atayal descent, and her Atayal name is Ciwas Ali.
In the 1980s and 1990s, she starred in many popular TV series and films including Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet (1993). She also released several Mandopop albums. She retired from showbiz in 1999 following her diagnosis of liver cancer which she recovered from.
Chin was elected into the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in December 2001, and re-elected in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016, all in the Highland Aborigines electoral district. Representing the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union, she is currently the only party member in the Legislative Yuan, and a strong advocate of aboriginal rights. She is also associated with the Pan-Blue Coalition and harbors pro-Chinese unification and anti-Japan views.
Chin Su-mei was born in Heping Township, Taichung County (now part of Taichung City). Her father was an ethnic Manchu from mainland China, and her mother was a Taiwanese Aborigine of the Atayal tribe. In the mid-1980s, she stood for election to be a representative of Taiwanese Aborigines within the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan), during which she took on the Chinese surname of her Taiwanese Aborigine mother, hence becoming Kao Chin Su-mei. Her Ayatal name is Ciwas Ali and May Chin remains her stage name.
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