Joseph Shih

Joseph Shih Shih Ting
石定
ROC Representative to South Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 July 2014[1]
Preceded by	Benjamin Liang
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
In office 1 March 2013 – 15 July 2014[2]
Minister	David Lin
Vice	Vanessa Shih
Preceded by	Tung Kuo-yu[3]
Succeeded by	Andrew Kao
ROC Ambassador to Belize
In office 2006–2010
ROC Representative to New Zealand
In office 2002–2006
ROC Deputy Representative to South Africa
In office 1998–1999
Personal details
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	National Chengchi University University of Pittsburgh Georgetown University

Joseph Shih or Ting Joseph Shih (Chinese: 石定; pinyin: Shí Dìng) is a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2013-2014.^[4]

ROC Foreign Affairs Deputy Ministry

2013 Korean crisis

Due to the ongoing 2013 North Korean crisis, in mid April 2013 Shih said that the ROC government has no plan to immediately evacuate the more than 16,000 Taiwanese out from South Korea currently living there, but he added that the government is closely monitoring any latest development on the situation. He added that the Taipei Mission in Korea has prepared a task force and is ready for any possible scenario.^[5]

Taiwanese fisherman shooting incident

After the shooting incident of Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine government vessel on 9 May 2013 at the disputed water in South China Sea, Shih was told that the shooting was a warning shoot to drive the Taiwanese vessel out of the disputed water. However, he denied it was warning shooting because the ROC Coast Guard Administration discovered 32 bullet holes on the Taiwanese vessel. He then summoned Antonio Basilio, Philippine Representative to Taiwan, to explain Philippine stance on the matter. He also demanded the Philippine government to officially apologize over the killing instead of only expressing regret.^[6][7][8]

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
• Executive Yuan

References

1. http://web.roc-taiwan.org/kr/post/23.html
2. http://www.mofa.gov.tw/en/MofaLeader_Content.aspx?n=8C1B5DF8A167A082&sms=83A9AD4277955F24&s=9223A12B5B31CB37
3. Internet Team. "New representative to EU, Belgium named - Press Releases - Overseas Office Republic Of China ( Taiwan ) 中華民國（台灣）駐外單位聯合網站". taiwanembassy.org. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
4. "Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部". Mofa.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
5. "No plan to evacuate Taiwanese expats in South Korea: MOFA". The China Post. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
6. "Government slams Manila over death". Taipei Times. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
7. "Philippine envoy sorry over shooting". The China Post. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
8. "Philippine envoy returns to Manila". The China Post. Retrieved 2014-04-30.