Chen currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Junior Statesmen Foundation and on the Advisory Board of the Partnership for the Future of Medicare. He is a member of the Committee of 100, a membership organization of prominent Chinese Americans.
Komodo dragons are the world's largest lizards. They live on the islands of Komodo, Rinca and other tiny surrounding islands, and on the westernmost part of Flores Island in Indonesia. Komodo is west of Flores, east of Sumbawa, and north of Sumba. If you are an ordinary person, you can only reach Komodo by boat.
In 1969, an American biologist named Walter Auffenberg moved to the Indonesia island of Komodo to study its most famous residentâthe Komodo dragon. This huge lizardâthe largest in the worldâgrows to lengths of 3 metres, and can take down large prey like deer and water buffalo.