Peter Huang

Peter Wen-shiung Huang (Chinese: 黃文雄; pinyin: Huáng Wénxióng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Bûn-hiông, also known as Peter Ng; born 2 October 1937) is a Taiwanese activist for democratization and human rights.

Peter Huang
BornOctober 2, 1937 (1937-10-02) (age 86)
Shinchiku City, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese-ruled Taiwan (modern-day Hsinchu)
NationalityHoklo Taiwanese
Alma materNational Chengchi University
Cornell University
OccupationPro-democracy activist
Peter Huang
Traditional Chinese黃文雄

Huang majored in journalism at the National Chengchi University in Taipei and then served in the military for two years. In 1964, he applied to the graduate program in Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and studied there before transferring to a Ph.D. program at Cornell University in 1966.

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