Chu was born in Shanghai in 1944. He moved to the United States in 1958 with his parents.[2] The family settled in Bedford, Massachusetts, and Chu would go on to naturalise as a US citizen. He graduated from Cambridge High and Latin School in 1962.[3] He continued his education at Northeastern University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Business Administration.[2] His employer sent him to Hong Kong on assignment in 1977, and he chose to settle there.
In July 2004, as the end of Chu's LegCo term neared and the Election Committee constituency was scheduled to be abolished, he spoke out against the slow progress towards democratisation in Hong Kong, calling Beijing's announcement that the 2007 Chief Executive election would not employ universal suffrage "unfortunate".[7] He considered running as a candidate for the New Territories Eastgeographical constituency in the 2004 LegCo election. However, the pro-Beijing camp pressed stronger HKPA candidates to drop out of the race so as not to split the vote and spoil DAB candidates' chances of election in the same constituencies; instead, Tso Wung-Wai ran as the HKPA candidate in Chu's place, and lost badly, ensuring the victory of DAB candidates Lau Kong-wah and Li Kwok-ying.[8][9]
Chu stood as a candidate to be returned to the 11th National People's Congress in January 2008, but did not gain enough support; along with Philip Wong, he was one of two former Hong Kong deputies who failed to retain their seats.[10][11]
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