Nita Ing
Encyclopedia
Nita Ing in Taipei
is a Taiwan
ese executive and the former Chairman of the Board of the Taiwan High Speed Rail
Corporation, the company which built a high speed railway system from Taipei
to Kaohsiung
. A supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party
, she had been an advisor to the former President Chen Shui-bian
.
Her career as a construction magnate took place largely within Taiwan's Continental Engineering Corporation
, of which she has served as the chairman of the board.
(UCLA).
She has two children, but in accordance with her feminist principles, has never married. She currently lives in Taipei, Taiwan with her two daughters, who both attend Taipei American School.
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
is a Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese executive and the former Chairman of the Board of the Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taiwan High Speed Rail is a high-speed rail line that runs approximately along the west coast of the Republic of China from the national capital of Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung...
Corporation, the company which built a high speed railway system from Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
to Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
. A supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...
, she had been an advisor to the former President Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan...
.
Her career as a construction magnate took place largely within Taiwan's Continental Engineering Corporation
Continental Engineering Corporation
Continental Engineering Corporation is a large Taiwanese Construction Company. It was founded in Sichuan, China in 1945 during the second world war period. On account of the Chinese as well as American Air Force, it accomplished many public engineering projects as well as military engineering...
, of which she has served as the chairman of the board.
Early Personal Life Experiences
Nita Ing was expelled from Taipei American School for "rowdy behavior" and sent to a Massachusetts boarding school in the 1970s when she was a teenager. She then majored in economics at University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
(UCLA).
She has two children, but in accordance with her feminist principles, has never married. She currently lives in Taipei, Taiwan with her two daughters, who both attend Taipei American School.