Lee Teng-hui’s achievements defended‘UNFINISHED BUSINESS’: A Taiwan Graduate School of Theology professor said that Lee’s quote, ‘the self does not just mean me,’ reflected a struggle with his ‘old self’By Chen Yun / Staff reporterVilification of president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) by people who favor unification with China would not taint the legacy and achievements he has left for Taiwan, Taiwan Society chairman Li Chuan-hsin (李川信) said yesterday. “In a democratic society, we are all free to hold different ideologies and viewpoints, but people can respect each other’s stance,” Li said alongside members of affiliated groups the Northern Taiwan Society and the Taiwan Society Hakka. Messages and a photograph that includes former president Lee Teng-hui are pictured at a memorial at the Taipei Guest House yesterday. Separately, leading figures from the Taiwan Graduate School of Theology and the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan also paid their respects to Lee. According to official records, since the memorial opened on Saturday last week, more than 15,282 had visited as of yesterday.

Source: Taipei Times August 07, 2020 15:56 UTC