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Lee Teng-hui's death: Mr. TW 'Democracy' has been a result of the sovereignty theory the Cross-Strait Relations fell to the bottom

Source: bbc.com
[China News]     30 Jul 2020
Li Denghui, a former president of the TW region, died at 7.24 p.m on Thursday at Taipei Rongmin General Hospital at the age of 98.
Lee Teng-hui's death: Mr. TW 'Democracy' has been a result of the sovereignty theory the Cross-Strait Relations fell to the bottom

Lee Teng-hui and current TW President Tsai Ing-wen

Li Denghui, a former president of the TW region, died at 7.24 p.m on Thursday at Taipei Rongmin General Hospital at the age of 98.

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Born

Li was born in 1923 in the colonial period of Japan Taipei (now Xinbei City) Freshwater County Sanzhi Zhuang, for TW Hakka descendants. Since childhood in TW to receive Japanese education ,1943 high school graduated to Japan to study in Kyoto University Department of Agricultural economic, the Japanese name is Yanli Zheng male.

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Li was forced to return to TW, because of the war and graduated from TW University in 1949. Went to the United States in 1952 after a master's degree returned to Taiwan, at that time in TW provincial government. He went to the United States again in 1965. He studied at Cornell University for a Ph. D. in Agriculture economic. He returned to Taiwan and returned to work.

Lee Teng-hui's death: Mr. TW 'Democracy' has been a result of the sovereignty theory the Cross-Strait Relations fell to the bottom

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authority Peak

The 1990s were the golden years of Li Denghui's reign. The Kuomintang, which he led, fought and cooperated with the Democratic Progressive Party of the opposition party, opening the process of TW political democratization, including the revision of constitution and the abolition of the National Convention. Li Denghui, an international commentator, said that under his administration TW the completion of political democratization, the process did not lead to bleeding civil war or military coup, rare in contemporary history, he was called "Mr. Democracy "(Mr.Democracy).

However, in TW island, Li Denghui's road to politics is not smooth sailing. To deal with the complex authority gang within the Kuomintang and the challenge of hostile party affairs, he began years of authority struggle within the Party, showing the world his superb political skills. While fighting repeatedly, some also criticized Li Denghui in the grasp of the authority, with the TW consortium forces and local factions too close contact.

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Lee Teng-hui's death: Mr. TW 'Democracy' has been a result of the sovereignty theory the Cross-Strait Relations fell to the bottom

Tsai Ing-wen visited Lee Teng-hui and his wife Lee Tseng-hui last yea


Taiwan Sea "Missile Crisis"

Li's interview with Japan's journalist Sima Liaotaro in 1994, after a authority struggle within the Kuomintang, said that "TW people can not do anything for TW ," it can be described as" the sorrow of the people.

Later, there were comments that Li Denghui's "TW people's sorrow" theory formally expressed TW people's sovereignty consciousness independent of China. Nevertheless, there are also provincial ethnic groups (mainly soldiers and their families who follow the Kuomintang to the TW) who think that the historical view of "TW people's sorrow" excludes the arduous process of the relocation of the provincial people and beautifies the colonial history of Japan.

For the first time in 1995, the United States allowed Li Denghui to visit, breaking the Taiwan-US diplomatic ties in 17 years the first visit to the United States TW top officials. "The Republic of China made an important speech in TW ", at Cornell University at his alma mater ." The Republic of China TW" opened a political declaration of TW sovereignty independence for Lee's visit to the United States ," outside analysts said.

Therefore, in order to prevent Li Denghui's attempt to separate TW from China, China conducted military exercises in the TW Strait on July Liberation Army that year, firing missiles, which was explosive. America sent two aircraft carriers through the TW strait to stabilize the situation.

Lee Teng-hui's death: Mr. TW 'Democracy' has been a result of the sovereignty theory the Cross-Strait Relations fell to the bottom

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"Two States"

Li Denghui introduced the "new TW" in 1998, saying that the "provincial community" had fully endorsed TW.

On the end of his presidency in 1999, he was interviewed by the Voice of Germany and suddenly put forward the "two-state theory ", saying that TW and China are" special countries and countries relationship ", setting off a political storm on both sides of the strait.

At that time, one of the scholars who assisted Li Denghui in drafting the "two Kingdoms" was current TW President Tsai Ing-wen.

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The "two-state doctrine" thus enraged Beijing authorities, to stop many cross-strait political exchanges on the grounds that Li Denghui officially announced the move towards TW independence.


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When he left office, Li believed that TW democratization had laid the foundation and did not have to pursue independence, because TW was in fact a "sovereignty independent" country, and "national normalization" was the key goal.

However, in 2006, he went to Japan's Yasukuni Shrine to worship his brother, in TW controversy.

Critics argue that mr lee ignores japan's colonial and "world war ii" responsibilities; in addition, mr lee has been criticised for Taiwan independence ", ethnic groups in TW provinces and creating the Cross-Strait Relations tensions Taiwan independence ", the indigenization package.

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Evaluation Xi Jinping

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Li admitted that he did go deep into communism founder Marx's book Capital when he was a young man, but later found communism deceptive, so he gave up his communism.

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"There is no doubt that Diaoyutai Liyu does not belong TW ," Li said. "


"TW sorrow, TW happiness"

Regardless of admiration or criticism, many political declarations or policies issued by Li Denghui in TW, such as "new TW people "," the Republic of China to establish a new Central Plains in the TW "," operation TW ," or" one step at a time, everyone loves TW ", etc., have an important position in the history of TW politics.

Li Denghui once said that he was not interested in "enjoying authority itself, but focused on how to allocate authority ". As a matter of fact, today's TW political leaders, whether unified or independent, have fought with him or been reused by him.

Recent years TW the political rookie, Taipei mayor Ke Wenzhe, or the local party "the power of the times" are respected by Li Denghui line. TW current president Tsai Ing-wen and Li Denghui relationship most closely. Some people believe that TW current President Tsai Ing-wen, who began to portray TW status as the Republic of China), inherited Li Denghui's idea of the Republic of China in TW ".

Li, in 2016, published his autobiography "The rest of his life ", in which he mentioned the hope that" TW people's sorrow "could be replaced by" TW people's happiness ". Christian Li Denghui, in his autobiography, mentioned that he read the Western classic Faust to firmly believe in politics.

"He just hoped that everyone would say that when Li Denghui was in power, everyone lived a good life ," he told The British Broadcasting Corporation. "

Li Denghui and his wife, Li Zengwen, have two daughters and one son, accompanied by their family before their death.

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