Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-06-22

National Tsing-hua University sociology professor Chen Min-chi has been appointed as deputy minister of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC). The MAC is the government’s top China policy-making body.

Chen has a PhD in sociology from Yale University and specializes in economic sociology and industries favored by Taiwanese businesspeople based in China.

The government is planning to reorganize the MAC. Under its plan, there will be one minister and three deputy ministers.

Meanwhile, Presidential Office deputy secretary-general Yao Jen-to has been made vice chair of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF). The SEF is a semi-official organization in charge of cross-strait civilian exchanges. As an advocate of Taiwan independence, Yao called his post a “new challenge.”    [FULL  STORY]