Introduction
Fredrick Chien, or Chien Foo (traditional Chinese: 錢復; simplified Chinese: 钱复; pinyin: Qián Fù; born 17 February 1935), is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1990 to 1996 and president of the Control Yuan from 1999 to 2005.
Background
The son of Chien Shih-Liang, a chemist and educator, and grandson of a justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of China, 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. 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. 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.
Works
- Chien, Fredrick 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 [Memoirs of Frederick Chien] (in Chinese), 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).