Vanessa Shih

Vanessa Shih (Chinese: 史亞平; pinyin: Shǐ Yàpíng; born 27 July 1962) is a Taiwanese diplomat who began serving as the representative of the Republic of China to Brunei in 2022.

[4] In October 2011, Shih reportedly angered Singapore's founding father Lee Kwan Yew and other high-ranking officials in the Singaporean government after she sang the ROC national anthem and hung the ROC flag in public, attended by international guests during the 100th anniversary of the National Day of the Republic of China at Shangri-La Hotel Singapore.

[8] Shih, along with ROC President Ma Ying-jeou, First Lady Christine Chow Ma, National Security Council Secretary-General Jason Yuan and President of Fu Jen Catholic University Vincent Chiang visited Vatican City on 19 March 2013 to attend the inauguration of the newly elected Pope Francis as the head of Catholic Church.

[9][10] Before the visit, Shih said that this Vatican City trip by high ranking ROC officials were made without any contact with the Chinese mainland government.

In March 2024, Hao was sentenced by the Supreme Court to 10 years and 11 months imprisonment for importing and selling unapproved cosmetic injectables.