Vanessa Shih (traditional Chinese: 史亞平; simplified Chinese: 史亚平; pinyin: Shǐ Yàpíng) is the vice foreign minister of the Republic of China. Prior to her appointment as the vice foreign minister, she was the head of the now-defunct Government Information Office (GIO).
Shih was previously head of the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore, the de facto Republic of China (Taiwan) embassy to the Republic of Singapore for three years. She was appointed as the head of the GIO after being summoned back by then Foreign Minister Timothy Yang in March 2012. The GIO was subsequently closed as part of administrative operations streamlining.
Shih advocated for the United Nations to allow the Republic of China to have participation of some forms within the UN.
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“Vanessa wanted to be a ballerina. Dad had such hopes for her.... Corin was the academically brilliant one, and a fencer of Olympic standard. Everything was expected of them, and they fulfilled all expectations. But I was the one of whom nothing was expected. I remember a game the three of us played. Vanessa was the President of the United States, Corin was the British Prime Minister—and I was the royal dog.”
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