Current Position: Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (from April 14, 2007) Chairman, Mainland Affairs Council, The Executive Yuan May 20, 2004—April 13, 2007 Academic Certificates: Ph.D., Political Science, The Ohio State University M.A., Political Science, University of Missouri, St. Louis B.A., Political Science, National Chengchi University Previous Titles: Deputy Secretary-general to the President 2002~May 19, 2004 Deputy Director, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University Adjunct Professor, Political Science Department, National Chengchi University Adjunct Research Fellow, Election Studies Center, National Chengchi University Areas of Specialization: Taiwan political development Cross-Strait relations International relations Middle East politics Major Publications: Taiwan’s Democratization: Forces Behind the New Momentum Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1995 Divided Nations: The Experience of Germany, Korea, and China ed., Taipei: Institute of International Relations, 1995 China Rising: Implications of Economic and Military Growth of the PRC ed., Taipei, Institute of International Relations, 2001