Wang Taihe (王泰和)
Wang Taihe (王泰和) is a Taiwanese American artist and cultural figure. His profile, written by |Zheng Bingquan, highlights his contributions to the arts and the Taiwanese American community in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Identity Snapshot
- English: Wang Taihe
- Chinese: 王泰和
- Core roles: Artist, cultural figure
- Geography: San Francisco Bay Area
- Related to: |Zheng Bingquan — fellow community member
Overview
Wang Taihe is an artist and cultural figure whose work contributes to the preservation and promotion of Taiwanese American culture. His profile in the 2023 TAHS Publication, written by Zheng Bingquan, includes details about his artistic work, his community contributions, and his impact on the local Taiwanese American community.
Career
Wang’s artistic career is rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area’s vibrant Taiwanese American community. His work reflects the experiences of the immigrant generation and their efforts to maintain cultural connections while adapting to life in America.
Legacy
Through his art and community involvement, Wang has helped to preserve and share Taiwanese cultural traditions with both the Taiwanese American community and the broader public. His work serves as a bridge between generations and between cultures.
Life & Activism (absorbed from the 2023 TAHS Publication profile)
- Real name 王廷宜; born 1941-09-14 in 九曲堂, 大樹鄉, Kaohsiung, later moved to the remote mountain hamlet of 小坪頂; his father’s hometown was 大甲.
- Education: 建國中學 (junior high & high school), 台北工專, then a teaching post at 淡水工商管理專科學校 (now 真理大學), founded by the |PCT. Came to the US and — aiming only at schools with no application fee — landed at Kansas State University (direct master’s), then worked for the NYC Mayor’s Office of Education while taking a civil-engineering doctorate (Ed.D.) at New York University.
- Career: hired by Rockwell in Los Angeles in 1976 (B1 bomber work); after defense priorities shifted to the B2 he moved to Southern California Edison, then became a self-employed real-estate investor in Southern California.
- Activism: secretary of the Southern California Taiwanese association; president of the human-rights association in 1980; principal writer for the 台獨之聲 phone-line operation — ~4.5-minute scripts recorded by 盧千惠 (wife of 許世楷), the machine itself installed in Wang’s home; his phone was wiretapped by the FBI for three years.
- Served as central committee member of the 台獨聯盟 and |FAPA, vice-convener of the Taiwanese Blacklist Working Group, and in 1993 president of the Worldwide Association for Human Rights of Taiwan (全美台灣人權會) — during the 郭倍宏/李應元/張燦鍙/王康陸/陳婉真 return-and-arrest wave, the association enlisted Amnesty International to adopt arrested returnees.
- In 2017 he received the 王康陸人權獎 from the association’s then-president 李賢奇 — the award honours |王康陸 (Kang-lu Wang), the Kansas Taiwanese student leader who first sheltered Wang when he arrived in the US.
- Married 1971; one son and one daughter.
Connected in the Vault
- FAPA activity (1990s central committee member; 1993 WAHRT presidency era): vault record |TAH — FAPA Southern California.
- 台獨之聲 phone-line colleague 盧千惠 and 許世楷 are not yet vault pages; the 台獨聯盟, FAPA (|FAPA) and 王康陸 (|Kang-lu Wang) links above are the live cross-references.
- Educated path 建國中學 → 台北工專 → Kansas State → NYU; teaching post at the PCT-founded school (|PCT).
Source Notes and Confidence
- Content priority A: 2023 TAHS Publication (profile, Section 1, ~649 lines), written by 鄭炳全; full text in
knowledge/web-archives/2023-tahs-publication-part1.md(「畢生致力人權與台獨運動的王泰和先生」) - Hub: |2023 TAHS Publication
- Archive:
knowledge/web-archives/2023-tahs-publication-part1.md - Note: The profile includes details about his artistic and cultural contributions.
Related Pages
From the record
- 2022-07-12 — 「化作千風－懷念台美人的人權鬥士、台獨先鋒王泰和」追思會影音見於台灣公義報「台美人台加人」分類（2025-02-16 存檔）—— TJJ 台美人台加人存檔頁2。
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