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]
Personal life and academic career
editChen 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]
In politics
editAs 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]
Works
edit- Chen, Pi-chao (1966). The politics of population in communist China: a case study of birth control policy, 1949–1965. Ph.D. dissertation. Princeton University. OCLC 12113188.
- Chen, Pi-chao (1973). China's population program at the grassroots level: report on a field trip, summer, 1972. Occasional Papers of the Caltech Population Program. OCLC 4958202.
- Chen, Pi-chao; Miller, Ann (1974). The "planned birth" program of the People's Republic of China, with a brief analysis of its transferability. SEADAG papers on problems of development in Southeast Asia. New York: Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group of the Asia Society. OCLC 1422791.
- Chen, Pi-chao (1981). Rural health and birth planning in China. North Carolina: International Fertility Research Program. OCLC 30654877.
References
edit- ^ a b c 陳宗逸 (2005-03-31). "總統府國策顧問 陳必照病逝" [Presidential policy advisor Chen Pi-Chao passes away]. New Taiwan. Archived from the original on 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
- ^ a b c d "Pi-Chao Chen *66". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2005-12-14. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
- ^ 蔡漢勳 (2008-05-05). "全球十大醜聞第七名第二版" [Ten biggest global scandals, #7 version two]. Liberty Times. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
- ^ Chen, Pi-Chao (1966). The politics of population in Communist China : a case study of birth control policy, 1949-1965.
- ^ Chen 1973, Chen & Miller 1974, and Chen 1981, among others
- ^ "台新政府三要員擁美國籍" [Three important figures in Taiwan government have U.S. citizenship]. Sing Tao Daily. 2000-05-27. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-03-28.