Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hi, who pushed for democracy, independence, dead at 97

Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, who brought direct elections and other democratic changes to the self-governed island despite missile launches and other fierce saber-rattling by China, has died. He was 97.

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