Jason Hu

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Jason C. Hu
Mayor of Taichung City
Incumbent
Assumed office 2002
Preceded by	Chang Wen-ing
Born	May 15, 1948 (1948-05-15) (age 60) Beiping, China
Alma mater	National Chengchi University University of Southampton University of Oxford

Jason C. Hu (Chinese: 胡志強; Pinyin: Hú Zhìqiáng; b. 1948) is a former official in the national government of Taiwan (Republic of China). He is currently serving his second term in the central Taiwan city of Taichung. His current term ends in early 2010 and is ineligible for re-election. He is a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), the leading party in the Pan-Blue alliance.

Early life and education

Hu was born in Beijing (then known as Peiping), China, and was brought to Taiwan as a young child when the Chinese Nationalists lost their civil war with the Communists.

After graduating from Taichung Municipal First High School, then known as Juren (居仁) High School, Jason Hu attended National Chengchi University where studied in the Diplomatic Studies Department. Following graduation in 1970, he went to study in the United Kingdom, first to the University of Southampton, where he studied International Relations, then to the University of Oxford where he received his PhD in International Relations in 1984.

When he returned to Taiwan, he became a professor at the Sun Yat-Sen Institute for International Studies at National Sun Yat-sen University. He would remain a professor there until he entered government service in 1990. ^[1]