Mr. Democracy had passed away

Lee Teng-hui, the president of Taiwan for over a decade from 1988 to 2000, who also led its path to democracy just died on July 30 in Taipei. He was 97.

He was called as Mr. Democracy or Father of Democracy by the people in Taiwan, as he was credited as the president who initiated Taiwan’s transition to the democratic era.

However, if we look closer, what he left behind might be more than just democratization…

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