Following the very interesting talk on “China” on 18 May, this new event will allow one of Taiwan’s most distinguished representatives to trace the relationship between Taiwan & China and to discuss the impact of this relationship on the whole region.

Speaker: Mr. Chien-Jen Chen (King’s, Cambridge 1965)
Mr Chen has degrees from Taipei, Georgetown, Cambridge & Madrid. He has had a distinguished career in foreign affairs in his native Taiwan, being Director General for Information and Government Spokesman 1998/9 and Minister, Foreign Affairs 1999/2000. He has been Taipei’s Representative to the EU and Belgium since 2000.

Venue: The Priory of St Dominic, 40 Ave de la Renaissance, Brussels 1040 (It is well placed near the Cinquantenaire park, within walking distance from the Mérode metro station and opposite the military museum. Parking should pose no problem at that time of the evening. Do not enter through the church, but by the entrance up the road alongside the church).

Time: Drinks from 18.30 -19.30
Talk begins around 19.35
Discussion 20.15-20.45

Charge: No charge
Those wishing to do so can join the dinner which has been organised at the “Le Pré des Clercs” restaurant just around the corner from the Priory. The cost will be 30 € per head to be paid on the night. We need to know exact number of participants by Friday morning, 3 June at the latest. 

Please indicate your participation and whether you wish to be enrolled for the dinner as soon as possible to:-
richard.nobbs@skynet.be
02/6875256 or 02/6881104. 

Mr Chen’s CV

Representative C. J. (Chien-Jen) Chen

Career:

2004 Oct. -    Representative, Taipei Representative Office in E.U. and in Belgium

2000-2004 Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United

States

1999-2000 Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998-1999 Director-General, Government Information Office, Executive Yuan, and

Government Spokesman

1998- Associate Professor, Department & Graduate School of Diplomacy, National

Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

1996-1998 Political Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1995- Assistant Chairman, International Democratic Union

1993-1996 Legislator, Chairman, Foreign affairs Committee, Legislative Yuan; Director-

General, Overseas Affairs Department, Kuomintang

1992- Member, Central Committee, Kuomintang

1989-1993 Administrative Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1983-1989 Deputy Representative, Coordination Council for North American Affairs, Office in

the USA (renamed the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the

United States in October 1994)

1982 Adviser, Coordination Council for North American Affairs, Office in the USA

1980-1982 Director-General, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign

Affairs;

Lecturer, Graduate School of International Law and Diplomacy, National

Chengchi University

1979-1980 Director of Public Affairs (Congressional Liaison), Coordination Council for North

American Affairs, Office in the USA

1971-1979 Third Secretary, Second Secretary, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of

China, Washington, D.C., USA

1970-1971 Section Chief, Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1968-1971 Lecturer, Department of Diplomacy, National Chengchi University

1967-1970 Specialist, Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Education:

2005          Honorary Doctorate, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

1976 Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

1966 School of Political and Economic Science, University of Madrid, Spain

1965 LL.B. King’s College, Cambridge University, UK

1962 Graduate School of International Law and Diplomacy, National Chengchi

University, Taipei, Taiwan

1960 LL.B. in Diplomacy, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan