John Hsu was born in a family dealing with Chinese newspaper in Indonesia and graduated from Department of Journalism, National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Taiwan. He worked as a journalist for Central Daily News Taipei, Taiwan, the chief editor for The New Republic Daily Newspaper, Vancouver, Canada and he was emeritus from the chief editor of The World Journal Daily News, Vancouver, Canada. He currently serves as the president of Chinese Writer's Association of Canada.