David Lee Ta-wei (born 1949) is the current head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Canada. He is the former head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office

A Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office , sometimes known as a Taipei Economic and Cultural Office or a Taipei Representative Office , is a representative office, established by the Republic of China in countries that have diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China...

 (TECRO) in Washington, DC, and as such, was the de facto Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan) ambassador to the United States. The US and the ROC hold no official relations due to the U.S. adherence to the One-China policy

One-China policy

The One-China policy refers to the policy or view that there is only one state called "China", despite the existence of two governments that claim to be "China"....

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Education

1986 PhD in Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, USA

1980 M.A. in Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia

1973 B.A. in Political Science, National Taiwan University, ROC(Taiwan)

Career

2007– Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada

2004–2007 Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

2001–2004 Representative, Taipei Representative Office in Belgium, also responsible for the European Union and Luxembourg

1998–2001 Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC(Taiwan)

2000–2001 Adjunct Professor, National Taiwan University

1997–1998 Director-General, Government Information Office, Executive Yuan, and Government Spokesman (Cabinet rank), ROC(Taiwan)

1996 Directot-General, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC(Taiwan)

1993–1996 Associate in Research, Fairbank Centre for Esat Asian Research, Harvard University

1993–1996 Director-General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston

1990–1993 Deputy Director-General, Department of International Information Service, Government Information Office, Executive Yuan

1988–1993 Adjunct Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University

1988–1989 Principal Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

1982–1988 Staff Consultant, Coordination Council for North American Affairs, Office in Washington, D.C.

1976–1977 Managing Editor, Asia and the World Forum, Taipei, Taiwan

Publications

1. The Making of the Taiwan Relations Act: Twenty Years in Retropect. Oxford University Press, 2000

2. Taiwan in a Transformed World. (co-edited with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.) Brassey's Inc., 1995

3. The Legislative Process of the Taiwan Relations Act. Taipei, Feng Yuen Publication, 1988