Tien Hung-mao
{{Short description|Taiwanese diplomat and political scientist}}
{{family name hatnote|Tien|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tien Hung-mao
| native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh-tw|田弘茂}}}}
| image = 田弘茂資政.jpg
| caption =
| order1 =
| office1 = Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation
| deputy1 = Chang Tien-chin
Ko Cheng-heng
| term_start1 = 12 September 2016
| term_end1 = 27 March 2018
| predecessor1 = Lin Join-sane
Chen Ter-shing (acting)
| successor1 = Katharine Chang
| order2 =
| office2 = ROC Representative for United Kingdom
| deputy2 =
| term_start2 = 2002
| term_end2 = 2004
| predecessor2 = Tzen Wen-hua
| successor2 = Edgar Lin
| order3 =
| office3 = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| deputy3 =
| term_start3 = 20 May 2000
| term_end3 = 1 February 2002
| predecessor3 = Chen Chien-jen
| successor3 = Eugene Chien
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|11|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rokkō Village, Sobun District, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Lioujia District,{{cite web|url=https://www.lioujia.gov.tw/about/about1/1221|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112111354/https://www.lioujia.gov.tw/about/about1/1221|archivedate=12 November 2020|url-status=live|script-title=zh:地方知名人物|date=2018-02-02|language=zh-tw|accessdate=12 November 2020|website=Lioujia District Office, Tainan City|quote=田弘茂}} Tainan, Taiwan)
| nationality = Republic of China
| party =
| spouse =
| children =
| education = Tunghai University (BA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA, PhD)
| signature =
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Tien Hung-mao ({{zh|c=田弘茂|w=Tʻien2 Hung2-mao4|p=Tián Hóngmào}}; born 7 November 1938) is a Taiwanese diplomat and political scientist. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 May 2000 until 1 February 2002.{{cite web|url=http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=524&CtNode=1347|title=Taiwan Review - The New Cabinet|publisher=taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw|accessdate=2014-08-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105160845/http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=524&CtNode=1347|archivedate=2013-11-05}}
Education
Tien graduated from Tunghai University in 1961 with a bachelor's degree. He then went to the United States to pursue graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in 1966 and a Ph.D. in political science in 1969, writing his dissertation on political development in China from 1927 to 1937.{{cite news |title=Who's Who in the ROC |url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105104/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who%27s%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |archivedate=20 October 2016 |accessdate=5 May 2016 |pages= |agency=Executive Yuan}}
Career
Thereafter he was a university professor for more than twenty years, and naturalised as a U.S. citizen.{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweekly.com.tw/KArticle.aspx?id=4284&path=e|title=雙重國籍擋住田弘茂的入閣之路——田弘茂向李登輝說了兩次「不」|trans-title=Dual citizenship blocked Tian Hung-mao's path to the Cabinet — Tian Hung Mao said "no" to Lee Teng-hui twice|work=Business Weekly|date=2003-12-16|accessdate=2014-02-26}}{{cite news|url=http://legacy.nownews.com/2008/06/11/301-2287634.htm|title=雙重國籍？ 田弘茂：就職8天前即放棄|trans-title=Dual citizenship? Tien Hung-mao: I gave it up 8 days before taking office|work=Now News|date=2008-06-11|accessdate=2014-02-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302155445/http://legacy.nownews.com/2008/06/11/301-2287634.htm|archivedate=2014-03-02}} After he moved back to Taiwan, Lee Teng-hui had asked him twice in the 1990s to serve in the Executive Yuan Council, but each time he refused; reportedly, the requirement that he renounce U.S. citizenship was a major barrier. He eventually accepted Chen Shui-bian's offer to become Minister of Foreign Affairs, and renounced his U.S. citizenship on 11 May, eight days before taking office. He later stated in an interview that he did not regret this step at all, because he "loved Taiwan". After his term ended, he took up a new post as the head of Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.{{cite news |last=Chu |first=Monique |date=5 Apr 2002 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/04/05/0000130603 |title=Tien Hung-mao sworn in as Taiwan's envoy to UK |work=Taipei Times |page=3}} He resigned the position in 2004,{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Melody|title=Visa fiasco has produced a culprit, or a scapegoat|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/08/01/2003181247|accessdate=6 December 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=1 August 2004}} and later led the Institute of National Policy Research. In 2016, Tsai Ing-wen named Tien the chair of the Straits Exchange Foundation.{{cite news|last1=Yeh|first1=Sophia|last2=Chang|first2=S. C.|title=Tien Hung-mao to head Straits Exchange Foundation|url=http://m.focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201608310027.aspx|accessdate=31 August 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=31 August 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Chung|first1=Jake|title=Tien set to head Straits Exchange Foundation|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/09/01/2003654278 |work=Taipei Times|date=1 Sep 2016 |page=1}} He left the position in March 2018.{{cite news|last1=Chai|first1=Sze-chia|last2=Hsu|first2=Elizabeth|title=Ex-MAC minister assumes chair of Straits Exchange Foundation|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201803270021.aspx|accessdate=27 March 2018|agency=Central News Agency|date=27 March 2018}}
Selected works
- {{cite book|title=Political development in China, 1927–1937|series=Doctoral dissertation|publisher=University of Wisconsin–Madison|year=1969|oclc=47888967}}
- {{cite book|title=Government and politics in Kuomintang China, 1927–1937|url=https://archive.org/details/governmentpoliti0000tien|url-access=registration|publisher=Stanford University|year=1972|isbn=9780804708128 |oclc=554256}}
- {{cite book|title=Mainland China, Taiwan, and U.S. policy|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain|year=1983|oclc=8689445}}
- {{cite book|title=The great transition: political and social change in the Republic of China|url=https://archive.org/details/greattransitionp00tien|url-access=registration|location=Stanford, California|publisher=Hoover Institution Press|year=1989|isbn=9780817987817 |oclc=18715581}}
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