sentences:  He then represented ROC government in the United States in 1996 and 1997 as the Director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C., before a two-year stint as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 1999.Chuang Lung-chang had registered Hu for the 2001 Taipei County Magistracy election.His candidacy for Taichung was approved by the Kuomintang in February 2001, and Hu eventually withdrew from Taipei County.