Joseph Shih

In this Chinese name, the family name is Shi.

Shih Ting (Chinese: 石定; pinyin: Shí Dìng), also known by his English name Ting Joseph Shih, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. He was the nation's representative to South Korea from 2014 to 2018, and the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Executive Yuan from 2013 to 2014.^[4]

Joseph Shih Shih Ting
石定
ROC Representative to South Korea
In office 15 July 2014[1] – 05 September 2018
Preceded by	Benjamin Liang
Succeeded by	Daniel Diann-wen Tang
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
Ambassador of the Republic of China to Belize
In office 5 February 2006 – 9 April 2010
Preceded by	Tasi Erh-huang
Succeeded by	Wu Tzu-dan
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
Education	National Chengchi University (BA) University of Pittsburgh (MA) Georgetown University (PhD)

ROC Foreign Affairs Deputy Ministry

2013 Korean crisis

During the 2013 North Korean crisis, in mid April 2013 Shih said that the ROC government had no plan to immediately evacuate the more than 16,000 Taiwanese citizens then living in South Korea. He added that the Taipei Mission in Korea had prepared a task force and was ready for any possible scenario.^[5]

Taiwanese fisherman shooting incident

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