Su Chi
Su Chi is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. Su served as Secretary-General of the National Security Council from 2008 to 2010. Previously, he was the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 1 February 1999 to 19 May 2000.
Su coined the phrase 1992 Consensus in early 2000 to describe the position on One China issues that developed following the October–November 1992 discussions between the Strait Exchange Foundation and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits.
Early life and education
Su was born in Taichung in 1949. After high school, he studied political science at National Chengchi University, where he was classmates with Jason Hu, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1971. He then pursued graduate studies in the United States, earning a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University at the School of Advanced International Studies in 1975, a Master of Arts in political science from Columbia University in 1980, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1984. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Soviet Image of and Policy toward China, 1969–1979".After earning his doctorate from Columbia, Su was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University.