|
FACT #1: There was no transfer of Taiwan's Territorial Sovereignty in 1945 |
| Important LINKs for Reference |
| Validity of Territorial Claims Based on the Cairo Declaration |
| Taiwan: No Agreement or Arrangement was Signed |
| Taiwan: Arguing over the Transfer of Title |
| Examination of the Sovereign Territory claimed by the ROC government |
| Sheng v. Rogers (D.C. Circuit, 1959) |
|
|
|
Lu was born on June 7, 1944, in today's Taoyuan City, in northern Taiwan, during the era of Japanese sovereignty. After graduating from Taipei First Girls' High School, Lu studied law at the National Taiwan University. Graduating in 1967, she went on to gain a Master of Laws from both the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (in comparative law, 1971) and Harvard University (1978).
As an announced feminist who was active in the tangwai movement (which began in the mid-1970s), Lu often questioned the legitimacy of the ROC's governance over Taiwan.
In 1979, Lu delivered a 20-minute speech criticizing the ROC government at an International Human Rights Day rally that later became known as the Kaohsiung Incident. Following this rally, virtually the entire leadership of Taiwan's democracy movement, including Lu, was arrested and imprisoned. She was tried, found guilty of violent sedition, and sentenced by a military court to 12 years in prison. Due to international pressure, she was released in 1985, after being incarcerated approximately six years.
Lu joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1990, and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. Subsequently, she served as Taoyuan County Magistrate between 1997 and 2000, and was the Vice President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008, under President Chen Shui-bian.
Background: Tangwai Movement in Taiwan -- The Tangwai movement was a loosely knit political movement in Taiwan from the mid-1970s to mid 1980s. Although the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) had allowed contested elections for a small number of seats in the Legislative Yuan, opposition parties were still forbidden. As a result, many opponents of the KMT, officially classified as independents, ran and were elected as members "outside the party."
The Movement was at times tolerated and other times suppressed, the latter being the case particularly after the Kaohsiung Incident of 1979. Members of the movement eventually formed the Democratic Progressive Party in 1986, which after some time led to the legalization of opposition political parties. In the 2000 elections, teaming up with Chen Shui-bian (as candidate for President), Lu (as candidate for Vice President) won the election under the banner of the DPP, ending decades of single-party rule by the KMT in Taiwan.
| Additional LINKs for Scholarly Research on Taiwan |
| (Jan. 1949) Draft Report by the National Security Council |
| The San Francisco Peace Treaty, United States Military Government, and Taiwan |
| Montevideo Convention Criteria for Taiwan |
| International Law Doctrines |
| Historical Research shows that Taiwan is not Part of China |
(22)