Wu Shih-wen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Wu Shih-wen

Taiwanese politician

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1934

Place of Birth: Taishan, Guangdong, China

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Wu Shih-wen (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Wu Shìwén; born 24 July 1934) was the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2002.
He was a career military officer, joining the Taiwanese Navy first as a conscript sailor in 1951, then as an Artillery Lieutenant in the Taiwanese Army in 1955, later served as Superintendent of Naval Academy and Commander-in-chief of the Navy.
He was considered to be a military and foreign policy hawk, who resisted military reforms and rapprochement with the People's Republic of China.
During the Third Taiwan Straits Crisis he was suspected of ordering Amphibious Marines & Coastal Artillery units to stage live fire drills as a response to the PLA Navy's muscle flexing (and in defiance of the government's and the United States' wish for deescalation).