Frederick Chien

Fredrick Chien 錢復
Fredrick 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
Personal details
Born	17 February 1935 (1935-02-17) (age 78) Hangzhou, Chekiang, China
Nationality	Taiwan
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

Fredrick Chien (Chinese: 錢復; pinyin: Qián Fù; born 17 February 1935), also spelled Fredrick Chien Foo, 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, Fredrick Foo (1967), The opening of Korea; a study of Chinese diplomacy, 1876-1885, Connecticut: Shoestring Press, OCLC 953610 
• Chien, Fredrick (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 Fredrick 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).

References

v t e 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 Ru 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 V.K. Wellington Koo 1946–56 Dong Xianguang 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79 Taiwanese representatives to the U.S. 1979 – Present Xia Gongquan 1979–81 Cai Weiping 1981–82 Frederick Chien 1982–88 Ding Maoshi 1988–94 Lu Zhaozhong 1994–96 Jason Hu 1996–97 Chen Xifan 1997–2000 Cheng Jianren 2000–04 David Lee 2004–07 Joseph Wu 2007–08 Yuan Jiansheng 2008–Present 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