Chang negotiated trade deals with major German corporations, including Siemens AG. He visited the corporation's headquarters in Munich and toured its training facilities as well as research division. Professor Chang worked as director of the Cultural Division at the Taipei-Moscow Economic and Cultural Coordination Commission in Moscow, Russian Federation, from 1997 to 1999, while on sabbatical from teaching. At the invitation of leading universities in Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine, he presented lectures on Confucianism and modern Chinese revolutions. He facilitated educational and cultural exchanges for students and scholars, athletes, as well as photo and fine art exhibitions, film festivals, and performances of dance and ballet companies from the Republic of China (Taiwan), Russia, and former Soviet republics. With assistance of his colleague, Victoria A. Malko, whom he married late in life, Chang compiled a guide to top one hundred higher educational institutions in Russia. It was published as an electronic resource by the International Research and Exchanges Board, Washington, D.C., on the organization's website in 2001. Prior to his last diplomatic appointment, he visited more than thirty countries for academic meetings and conferences, including seven trips to the Soviet Union in 1970, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, and 1991 at the invitation of the Soviet Academy of Sciences Institute of Far Eastern Studies and various universities and research institutions. Views on the Taiwan problem The Taiwan problem, according to Chang, is "an international problem and not an internal problem of China." Although disappointed with U.S.-China policy, he called the ouster of Nationalist China from the United Nations in 1971 "a fact of international life." Chang saw the U.S. recognition of Red China as a diplomatic move. He considered this peace to be temporary. When the admission of Communist China to the United Nations was debated, he expressed his personal opinion on the pages of a college periodical, Fourth Torch, published at Florida State University. He said, "I personally do not care very much about our seat at U.N. though we Nationalist Chinese were one of the most important founders of this international organization, and have supported the U.N. charter wholeheartedly..." After citing several examples of Taiwan's economic and military achievements, he concluded: As a diplomat, he dedicated his life to building friendly relations with those nations around the world that were sympathetic to Taiwan. Awards Notable research grants included Wisconsin Ford Area Fellow (from 1963 to