Ex-Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui dies
Lee Teng-hui, former leader of China's Taiwan region, died yesterday of illness at the age of 97.
In February, Lee was rushed to hospital because he choked on milk and was then diagnosed with pulmonary infiltration. Since then, he had been intubated.
Lee, the fourth leader of Taiwan and chairman of the Kuomintang party from 1988 to 2000, had openly advocated 鈥淭aiwan Independence鈥 and proposed the 鈥淭wo States Theory,鈥 which led to the deterioration of cross-Strait relations.
After leaving office in 2000, he was expelled from the KMT for his role in inciting 鈥淭aiwan Independence.鈥
In 2013, Lee again called the relationship between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland as 鈥渟tate-to-state, or at least special state-to-state relations.鈥
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has expressed that there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is part of the Chinese territory.
Lee鈥檚 advocacy of 鈥渋ndependence鈥 only 鈥渙bstructs the improvement of ties across the Straits,鈥 鈥渉arms the feelings of the compatriots on both sides鈥 and 鈥渏eopardizes the peaceful reunification of China,鈥 the Taiwan Affairs Office said.
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