Sisy Chen | |
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Born |
陳文茜 Chen Wen-hsien 25 March 1958 Yilan, Taiwan |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University |
Occupation | politician, writer, television personality |
Parent(s) | 何欣欣 (mother) |
Sisy Wen-hsien Chen simplified Chinese: 陈文茜; traditional Chinese: 陳文茜; pinyin: Chén Wénqìan; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Wen-ch'ien; born March 25, 1958) is a Taiwanese politician and television commentator. She hosts Sisy's World News, a weekly newscast at the Kuomintang-owned China Television Company and UFO Dinner a daily radio talk show at the UFO Radio Station. She was an independent member of the Legislative Yuan from February 1, 2002 to January 31, 2005. Since 2005, she also hosted a political talk show on the Phoenix Television, "Qie Ma Chen Wen Qian," which focuses on exposing the flaws of Taiwan's democratic system.
She received her LL.B. from National Taiwan University. From 1982 to 1983 she worked as the Vice Editor of the American Version of the China Times Daily News. Throughout the early 1980s, she campaigned for Tangwai candidates and published opposition essays. As a founding member of the (technically illegal) Democratic Progressive Party in 1984, she was editor of the opposition's New Tide magazine from 1985 to 1986.
Chen then travelled to the United States to pursue a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley and later at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She did not complete her studies.