Tang Taifeng

Tang Taifeng (Chinese: 湯泰馮 (pinyin: Tāng Tàiféng); Fu'langese: 萐道·伊琶卡 (RFL: Sadao Ipakas); born November 2, 1977) is a Tsengian politician and lawyer. A member of the National Prosperity Party, she is the National State Assembly representative for Qishan City I, and the NPP candidate for president in the 2024 election.

She is widely viewed as a "leading figure" within the NPP's and socially liberal factions, and as one of the highest-ranking Fu'langese politicians in Tseng. She has been described politically as and a. On economic issues, she supports  economics, aligning with and  principles, along with some principles of  and. Tang has proposed a large-scale, comprehensive overhaul of the country's fiscal and structural policies. She has proposed a national system of called "National Monetary Asssistance". She supports on drug policy, guns, prostitution, same-sex marriage, sexual preference, gender identity, abortion and euthanasia, and wishes to strengthen civil liberties in the country, especially for minorities and indigenous people. In foreign policy, she supports stronger relations with the United States and Taiwan. She aims to break up monopolies and improve the country's "sense of business", especially for small business owners, as well enact judicial dissolution towards companies that "prey on the poor."

Tang is associated with the Andries Yi Movement, a libertarian caucus within the NPP, and the Indigenous Politics Group, a bipartisan NSA group.

Early life and education
Tang was born in Qishan City to a policeman and a garment worker, but grew up in the mountainous town of Huangli where her family was from. She returned back to Qishan City after graduating high school to attend the Qishan State University, where she was inspired to major in law after the 1992 murder of Brandon Liu, an unsolved killing of a Fu'lang youth which has gained notoriety for police misconduct. She graduated from QSU with a Bachelor of Laws. She then went to the, where she attended in , graduating with a juris doctor degree. She then went to to attend, where she graduated with a B.A. in political science. While attending Clemson, she was a power forward for the.

After graduating from Clemson, she returned to Tseng to practice law for the Qishan City firm Indigenous Legal Associates.

Political career
Tang is a long-time member of the National Prosperity Party, being a member of the party since the age of 20. She was first elected to the Qishan City Council in 2012, setting a record for the youngest councilor elected to the city council.

Election to the NSA
On July 25, 2016, Tang was elected the Qishan City I representative for the National State Assembly, replacing interim representative Min Qingde, who held the office in the period after the death of previous officeholder Ren Baoming. After Ren, Tang was only the fourth Fu'lang person elected to the position.

Tang established herself as a member of the socially liberal and libertarian factions of the party, supporting bills that would improve the quality of life of many indigenous Tsengians, for instance, creating a program that would give free milk and food for impoverished rural youth, which was passed and came into effect on July 14, 2019.

Presidential campaign
On May 2, 2023, Taifeng began her campaign for the NPP nomination for president of Tseng in the 2024 Tsengian presidential election. She is running on a campaign that includes a plan she calls the "Reforms of '24", which include legalizing same-sex marriage and full healthcare for transgender people, an expansion in carbon-free energy production (especially work on a fusion power plant), improving civil liberties, and expansions and improvements for the national healthcare system.