Frederick Chien

Frederick Chien Chien Foo
錢復
Frederick Chien during a 2009 press conference for the Deaflympics
President of Control Yuan
In office 1 February 1999 – 1 February 2005
Preceded by	Wang Tso-yung
Succeeded by	Wang Chien-shien
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
In office 1 June 1990 – 10 June 1996
Preceded by	Lien Chan
Succeeded by	John Chiang
ROC Representative to the United States
In office 19 November 1982 – 25 August 1988
Preceded by	Cai Weiping
Succeeded by	Ting Mao-shih
Personal details
Born	17 February 1935 (1935-02-17) (age 81) Hangzhou, Chekiang, China
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Relations	Shu Chien (brother) Chien Shih-Liang (father) Carl Chien (son)
Alma mater	National Taiwan University Yale University
Profession	Diplomat and politician

Frederick Chien, or Chien Foo (Chinese: 錢復; pinyin: Qián Fù; born 17 February 1935), was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1990 to 1996.^[1]

Background

Chien is known as one of the "four princes of Taiwan" along with Chen Li-an, Lien Chan, and Shen Chun-shan, all of whose fathers attained prominence in politics prior to their sons' successes.^[2] He attended National Taiwan University as an undergraduate, graduating in 1956. He went on to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he earned his M.A. (1959) and Ph.D. (1962) in international relations.^[1] He wrote his thesis on Qing Dynasty China's diplomacy in Joseon Dynasty Korea during the opening of Korea, focusing on the period between the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1876 until the 1885 Convention of Tientsin.^[3]

Works

• Chien, Frederick Foo (1967), The opening of Korea; a study of Chinese diplomacy, 1876-1885, Connecticut: Shoestring Press, OCLC 953610 
• Chien, Frederick (1996), "Pragmatic Diplomat: The Principles of Taiwanese Foreign Policy", Harvard International Review, 19 (1), ISSN 0739-1854, OCLC 91933623 
• 錢復 (2005), 《錢復回憶錄》 (Qian Fu Huiyi Lu = Memoirs of Frederick Chien), 天下遠見出版股份有限公司, ISBN 978-986-417-416-4, OCLC 58650808 . In two volumes (ISBN 9789864174171, ISBN 978-986-417-418-8).

See also

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• Control Yuan

References

China's Ambassadors to the U.S.
Qing ministers to the U.S. 1875–1912	Chen Lanbin 1875–81 Zheng Zaoru 1881–85 Zhang Yinheng 1885–89 Cui Guoyin 1889–93 Yang Yu 1893–96 Wu Tingfang 1896–1902 Liang Cheng 1902–07 Wu Tingfang 1907–09 Zhang Yintang 1909–11 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12
ROC's envoys to the U.S. 1912–35	Zhang Yintang 1912–13 Xia Xiefu 1913–15 V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29 Wu Chaoshu 1929–31 Yan Huiqing 1931–33 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35
ROC's ambassadors to the U.S. 1935–79	Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36 Wang Zhengting 1936–38 Hu Shih 1938–42 Wei Tao-ming 1942–46 Wellington Koo 1946–56 Hollington Tong 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79
ROC's representatives to the U.S. 1979–present	Konsin Shah 1979–81 Cai Weiping 1981–82 Frederick Chien 1982–88 Ting Mao-shih 1988–94 Benjamin Lu 1994–96 Jason Hu 1996–97 Stephen S.F. Chen 1997–2000 Chen Chien-jen 2000–04 David Lee 2004–07 Joseph Wu 2007–08 Jason Yuan 2008–12 King Pu-tsung 2012–14 Shen Lyu-shun 2014–2016 Stanley Kao 2016–
Chiefs of the PRC Liaison Office in the U.S. 1973–79	Huang Zhen 1973–77 Chai Zemin 1978–79
PRC's ambassadors to the U.S. 1979–present	Chai Zemin 1979–82 Zhang Wenjin 1983–85 Han Xu 1985–89 Zhu Qizhen 1989–93 Li Daoyu 1993–98 Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001 Yang Jiechi 2001–05 Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10 Zhang Yesui 2010–13 Cui Tiankai 2013–present