He was named the economic adviser to Tsai Ing - wen 's 2016 presidential campaign .
Shih returned to the Academia Sinica 's Institute of Social Science after resigning the FSC chairmanship .
Shih was named the economic adviser to Tsai Ing - wen 's 2016 presidential campaign .
Shih returned to the Academia Sinica 's Institute of Social Science after resigning the FSC chairmanship .