Yu Tian
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Yu Tian MLY |
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| 余天 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Gao Jyh-peng |
| Constituency | New Taipei 3 |
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18 February 1947 Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lee Ya-ping |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Singer |
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Yu Tian (Chinese: 余天; born 18 February 1947) is a Taiwanese pop singer in Mandarin and Hokkien. From 2008 to 2012, he served in the Legislative Yuan as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
Within the Democratic Progressive Party, Yu Tian is allied with Yu Shyi-kun. He is also known for his support of Chen Shui-bian. Yu ran for New Taipei 3 in 2008, and defeated Kuomintang incumbent Chu Chun-hsiao by approximately 2,000 votes. Chu filed an unsuccessful lawsuit in an attempt to annul the election results. A separate case was brought against Yu supporter Wang Ying-lan, who was charged with making threats to the opposition. Wang was later released on bail. In November 2008, Yu and other DPP politicians publicly protested Ma Ying-jeou's meeting with Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Chairman Chen Yunlin. The next year, Yu's DPP membership was suspended because he had failed to fulfill a fundraising quota. In 2010, Yu was named to Tsai Ing-wen's New Taipei mayoral campaign team.
Though there was speculation that Yu would not receive DPP backing in a releection bid, Yu was listed fourteenth on the Democratic Progressive Party's proportional representation party list, and expected to win. During the campaign, Kuomintang politicians accused Yu and others of gambling, and in response, Yu charged them with defamation.
The Taiwan Competitiveness Forum regarded Yu Tian as a controversial figure prior to the start of his legislative term. Over his career, he was ranked highly by the Citizen Congress Watch.
Yu is best known for his 1977 release "Under the Banyan Tree", a Mandarin cover version of a Japanese song, and remained popular throughout the 1980s. In 2003, Yu founded the Taiwan Cultural Entertainment Development Association. Four years later, he launched a Kaohsiung-based entertainment labor union. Yu worked with Chthonic on the 2011 album Takasago Army and formally announced a return to the entertainment industry upon losing the 2012 legislative elections.
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