陳明通

Chen, Ming-tong (陳明通) is professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University. He earned his PhD in Political Science from NTU in 1991. He specializes in Political Culture, Political Development and China Studies. He has published extensively on political development in Taiwan and the Cross-Strait relationship. Notable publications include the book “Factional Politics and Political Change in Taiwan” (1995, in Chinese) and “Basic Level Elections on Either Side of the Strait and Socio-political Change” (1998, in Chinese, edited with Yongnian Zheng). Chen was vice chairman and spokesman of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) between 2000 and 2004, and served as chairman of the MAC between 2007 and 2008.