Chen obtained his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in political science from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1979, 1981 and 1991, respectively. Chen worked as a researcher in the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Taipei City Government in 1983-1984. After finishing his doctoral degree, he worked as associate professor followed by professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development of NTU from 1992 to 2000.
In 2022, several master theses he advised were pointed out for plagiarism, and his students Lin Chih-chien and Cheng Wen-tsan's master degrees had been canceled by National Taiwan University.[2][3] Then he was fired by the university.[4][5] In 2024, he published a book with Puma Shen's preface, claiming that the "theses event" was political persecution influcented by mainland China.[6] However, the university declared that Lin and cheng had acept the degree cancellation, so Chen needs to apologize to the public as an advisor of master graduates.[7]
Political career
He led the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) between 2007 and 2008, then returned to NTU. In 2018, he succeeded Katharine Chang as MAC minister.[8][9]
His public revelation of this information was criticized by former army Major General Yu Beichen, he alleged that revealing such specific information put intelligence gathering in the mainland at risk.[11][12]
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