FRANCIS  SHIEH, PH.D.

Dr. Shieh is an economist and Chinese language expert who has labored long and hard to educate people in both China and the U.S. He has taught economics for three decades. A former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Hongkong, he has taught at institutions of higher learning such as  Seton Hall University and Western Michigan University, to name just two in the US, and in Guangzhou and Beijing, China. He has also functioned as  economic consultant at the U.S. Department of Labor, RAND, and the United Nations Development Program. Moreover, he has taught Chinese language at the Foreign Service Institute, where U.S diplomats are trained in foreign languages. He has also taught at the Army Language Institute as well as the Defense Language Institute. A life long student of Confucianism, Dr. Shieh offers some unique insights into the thinking of the most well known Chinese philosopher.

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Home Base: Greater Washington DC

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