Hsu Szu-chien

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsu.

Hsu Szu-chien (Chinese: 徐斯儉; pinyin: Xú Sījiǎn) is a Taiwanese political scientist who has served as the Deputy Secretary-General of Taiwan's National Security Council since 11 June 2020.

Hsu Szu-chien
徐斯儉
Deputy Secretary-General National Security Council of the Republic of China
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2020 Serving with Wen-cheng Chen and Te-chin Liu
Minister	Tsai Ing-Wen
Secretary-General	Wellington Koo
Personal details
Nationality	Republic of China
Education	National Taiwan University (BA) Columbia University (MA, MPhil, PhD)

Education

Hsu obtained a B.A. in political science from National Taiwan University in 1985, then completed advanced studies in the United States, where he earned a M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University in 1990, 1995, and 1997, respectively.^[1][2] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Impact of Rural Industrialization on Bureaucratic Rationalization of Local Government in Rural China".^[2]

Career

Upon returning from the United States after completing his PhD, Hsu became an assistant professor in the Institute of Mainland China Studies of Chinese Culture University in 1997–1998. He then became the assistant research fellow of the 3rd Research Center of the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University in 1998–2003. He then joined Academia Sinica and became the assistant research fellow of the Preparatory Office for the Institute of Political Science in 2003-2012 and of the Institute of Political Science in 2012–2017. In 2003, he joined National Tsing Hua University to become assistant professor of the Master Program of China Studies until 2017.^[1]