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Lung Ying-tai is a Taiwanese essayist and cultural critic. She occasionally writes under the pen name 'Hu Meili' . Lung's poignant and critical essays contributed to the democratization of Taiwan and as the only Taiwanese writer with a column in major mainland Chinese newspapers, she is an influential writer in Mainland China. She has written 17 books.Lung Ying-tai has held two positions within Taiwan's government as Taipei's first Cultural Bureau Chief and as Taiwan's first Culture Minister . Wikipedia  

✵ 13. February 1952
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Lung Ying-tai Quotes

“Working in the government nowadays, you can only get things done if you have the determination to go against the prevailing trend.”

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Lung Ying-tai (2014) cited in " The smiles and sighs of Taiwan's first culture minister http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aftr/201412060016.aspx" on Focus Taiwan, 6 December 2014

“If one day I have a stroke, then that will tell me that being ROC Culture Minister is not worth it for me. As long as I am still in this position, I will definitely do my best until one day when I decide that it is not worth it anymore.”

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Lung Ying-tai (2013) cited in " PTS row 'worst' int'l scandal: Lung http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/23/379324/PTS-row.htm" on The China Post, 23 May 2013

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