Liu Chih-kungLiu Chih-kung is a Taiwanese political scientist and diplomat.EducationLiu graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in diplomacy in 1972 and a master's degree in political science in 1975, writing his master's thesis on American statesman Henry Kissinger. He then earned his Ph.D. in political science from the university in 1983. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Republic of China in the United Nations General Assembly".CareerLiu was Taiwanese representative to Mongolia until 2008, when he was moved to the Czech Republic. By May 2010, Liu became the deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council. In 2012, Liu was named representative of the Republic of China to Canada. He was the ROC representative to the United Kingdom from July 2014 to May 2016.