Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui died at age 97 on July 30, 2020. - China Post
TAIPEI (Reuters): The Taiwanese government on Friday (July 31) said it will hold a state funeral for former President Lee Teng-hui, a figure respected on the island for ending autocratic rule.
Dubbed "Mr Democracy" for ushering freewheeling pluralism and defying China's drive to absorb an island it regards as a wayward province, Lee died late on Thursday aged 97 in Taipei.
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