Taiwan's 'Father of Prawn Farming' built an Asian industry

I Chiu Liao wins Nikkei Asia Prize for making a lavish seafood affordable

20190423 I Chiu Liao) Nikkei Asia Prize

Professor I Chiu Liao is known as the "father of aquaculture in Asia." (Photo by Toshiyuki Kumagai)

KENSAKU IHARA, Nikkei staff writer

TAIPEI -- I Chiu Liao might never have earned the moniker Taiwan gave him, "Father of Prawn Farming," had he not marked a poster of Chiang Kai-shek with a big "X."

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