Hou Ching-shan

Hou Ching-shan
Hou Ching-shan
	侯清山
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
	In office; 28 December 2015 – April 2018
Minister	David Lee
Deputy	Wu Chih-chung
Vice	Lee Chen-jan
Succeeded by	Kelly Hsieh
ROC Representative to Spain
	In office; 2010–2015
Preceded by	Simon Ko[1]
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
	In office; 2006–2010
Minister	James C. F. Huang; Francisco Ou; Timothy Yang
ROC Ambassador to El Salvador
	In office; 2005–2006
ROC Deputy Representative to Uruguay
	In office; 1994–2001
Personal details
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	Fu Jen Catholic University; Complutense University of Madrid

Hou Ching-shan or Javier Hou (Chinese: 侯清山; pinyin: Hóu Qīngshān) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2015–2018.[2]

Education

Hou obtained his bachelor's degree in Spanish language and literature from Fu Jen Catholic University in 1972, and his master's in literature and philology and doctorate in philology from Complutense University of Madrid in Spain in 1975 and 1978, respectively.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Central America visit

Hou and delegates accompanied President Chen Shui-bian for an official visit to Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua in August 2007.[3]

São Tomé and Príncipe diplomatic cut

After São Tomé and Príncipe cut diplomatic relation with the ROC on 21 December 2016, Hou said that ROC relation with one of its other diplomatic ally is in yellow caution light, but he declined to comment which country it was.[4]

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gollark: Smoke detectors do actually use small radiation sources to, er, detect smoke, actually.

gollark: It's a shame we're so averse to nuclear stuff, or my watch could go from "battery replacement needed every 7 years" to "*nuclear* battery replacement every 100 years".

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References

"Emb. Simón Ko, nuevo representante de Taiwán en España". Yuanfang Magazine.
"Javier Ching-shan HOU - Principal Officers - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網.
"Taiwan investment in Honduras reaches US$400 million: minister". Focus Taiwan. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
Tang, Pei-chun; Kao, Evelyn (21 December 2016). "Loss of diplomatic ally will not affect president's trip". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

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[1] "Emb. Simón Ko, nuevo representante de Taiwán en España". Yuanfang Magazine.

[2] "Javier Ching-shan HOU - Principal Officers - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網.

[3] "Taiwan investment in Honduras reaches US$400 million: minister". Focus Taiwan. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[4] Tang, Pei-chun; Kao, Evelyn (21 December 2016). "Loss of diplomatic ally will not affect president's trip". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 21 December 2016.