Lee Teng-hui (traditional Chinese: 李登輝; simplified Chinese: 李登辉; pinyin: Lǐ Dēnghuī; born 15 January 1923) is a politician of the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan).

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Lee Teng-hui, the first Taiwan-born president of this island state whose prickly relationship with China and unbending passion for self-rule set the tone for every leader who ...

Every Taiwanese who lived under Japanese rule had to take a Japanese name. It was Masao Iwasato for former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, who died on July 30 at age 97.

Lee Teng-hui Ph.D. ’68, the former president of Taiwan who led the island’s transformation out of authoritarian rule and ushered in democracy, died Thursday in Taipei. He was 97.

The Taipei District Court yesterday acquitted former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) in a case in which he was charged with embezzling state funds. Lee’s aide, Liu Tai-ying (劉泰英), was sentenced to two ...

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Lee Teng-hui, one of Asia’s democracy icons, died last week at the age of 97. As president of Taiwan, he steered the island faithfully and unswervingly toward democracy, promoting Taiwanese ...

TOKYO -- Lee Teng-hui, Taiwan's former president who died Thursday at the age of 97, once called the island's long-ruling Kuomintang, or the Chinese N ...

Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui has died at the age of 97, the official Central News Agency said. Lee was diagnosed with pneumonia in February and had been intubated since then.

Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui dies at age 97. July 30, 2020 — 11.03pm. ... 1923, near the midpoint of Japan’s half-century colonial rule. The son of a Japanese police aide, ...