Lu Hsiu-lien's journey is the story of Taiwan. Through her
successive drives for gender equality, human rights, political
reform, Taiwan independence, and, currently, environmental
protection, Lu has played a key role in Taiwan's evolution from
dictatorship to democracy. The election in 2000 of Democratic
Progressive Party leader Chen Shui-bian to the presidency, with Lu
as his vice president, ended more than fifty years of rule by the
Kuomintang (Nationalist Party).
Taiwan's painful struggle for democratization is dramatized here
in the life of Lu, a feminist leader and pro-democracy advocate who
was imprisoned for more than five years in the 1980s. Unlike such
famous Asian women politicians as Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, India's
Indira Gandhi, and Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto, Lu Hsiu-lien grew up
in a family without political connections. Her impoverished parents
twice attempted to give her away for adoption, and as an adult she
survived cancer and imprisonment, later achieving success as an
elected politician--the first self-made woman to serve with such
prominence in Asia.
"My Fight for a New Taiwan"'s rich narrative gives readers an
insider's perspective on Taiwan's unique blend of Chinese and
indigenous culture and recent social transformation.
Lu Hsiu-lien (Annette Lu) is a graduate of National Taiwan
University, the University of Illinois, and Harvard Law School. She
was vice president of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008 and
currently is president of Green 21 Taiwan Alliance. Ashley Esarey,
a former journalist, held the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship at
Harvard University and currently is visiting assistant professor of
political science and East Asian studies at the University of
Alberta.
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