Stella Chou
# Stella Chou

Stella Chou (Chinese: 周荃; born 3 July 1956) is a Taiwanese journalist and politician.

## Career

Chou studied journalism at Chinese Culture University and worked as a reporter for several television networks. She stood as a Kuomintang candidate for the 1989 Legislative Yuan elections, and was reelected in 1992. In August 1993, she became a founding member of the Chinese New Party, alongside Chen Kuei-miao, Jaw Shaw-kong, Lee Ching-hua, Wang Chien-shien, and Yok Mu-ming. Later that year, Chou coordinated New Party campaigns alongside Ju Gau-jeng. Chou contested the 1995 legislative elections, winning a third term. She sought New Party backing for a 1997 bid at the Taipei County magistracy, and left the New Party when it chose to nominate Yang Tai-shun. In 2002, business executive Su Hui-chen claimed that she bribed a legislative committee four years prior on which Chou was a member.

