Chen Pi-Chao ( Chinese: 陳必照; pinyin: Chén Bìzhào; c. 1937 – 25 March 2005) was a Taiwanese politician with the Democratic Progressive Party. [1] [2]
Chen was a member of the first entering class of Tunghai University, graduating in 1959. [3] He left Taiwan in 1961 to attend Wayne State University before going on to Princeton University, where he received a Ph.D. in politics in 1966 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "The politics of population in Communist China: a case study of birth control policy, 1949-1965". [4] [2] Thereafter he did fieldwork on the topic in mainland China and published several other works on the topic. [5] He naturalised as a U.S. citizen in 1973. He had two sons, David and Levi. [2]
As democracy reform took hold in Taiwan in the 1990s, Chen returned to Taiwan in order to take part in politics. [2] He renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1995.[ citation needed]
Thereafter, he served as a consultant to the Ministry of National Defense and a member of the National Security Council during the presidency of Lee Teng-hui, and then became Vice-Minister of Defense during the presidency of Chen Shui-bian. [1] Despite the fact that he was no longer a U.S. citizen by then, the fact that he had previously held U.S. citizenship made him a controversial choice for the position. [6] He retired from public life in 2002 due to poor health. [1]
Chen Pi-Chao ( Chinese: 陳必照; pinyin: Chén Bìzhào; c. 1937 – 25 March 2005) was a Taiwanese politician with the Democratic Progressive Party. [1] [2]
Chen was a member of the first entering class of Tunghai University, graduating in 1959. [3] He left Taiwan in 1961 to attend Wayne State University before going on to Princeton University, where he received a Ph.D. in politics in 1966 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "The politics of population in Communist China: a case study of birth control policy, 1949-1965". [4] [2] Thereafter he did fieldwork on the topic in mainland China and published several other works on the topic. [5] He naturalised as a U.S. citizen in 1973. He had two sons, David and Levi. [2]
As democracy reform took hold in Taiwan in the 1990s, Chen returned to Taiwan in order to take part in politics. [2] He renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1995.[ citation needed]
Thereafter, he served as a consultant to the Ministry of National Defense and a member of the National Security Council during the presidency of Lee Teng-hui, and then became Vice-Minister of Defense during the presidency of Chen Shui-bian. [1] Despite the fact that he was no longer a U.S. citizen by then, the fact that he had previously held U.S. citizenship made him a controversial choice for the position. [6] He retired from public life in 2002 due to poor health. [1]