Facts: - imagesize: 225px - residence: taipei , taiwan - native name: zh-hant - successor: chiou i-jen chiang peng-chien - party: independent politician - predecessor: yu shyi-kun zhang junhong - office: secretary the republic of china secretary general of the democratic progressive general party of the office of the president of - relations: chen bulei -lrb- grandfather -rrb- - term end: 6 february 2003 september 1992 - term start: 1 september 2002 february 1992 - birth date: 4 august 1948 - name: chen shimeng - nationality: taiwanese - parents: chen chi - birth place: maryland , united states - alma mater: national taiwan university ohio state university - occupation: economics scholar , politician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of chen shimeng .
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chen shimeng -lrb- ; born 4 august 1948 -rrb- is a taiwanese economics scholar and politician .chen supported the independence of taiwan .