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Chen Shui-bian (Chinese: 陳水扁; born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the 5th president of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which ended the Kuomintang's (KMT) 55 years of continuous rule in Taiwan.
Jun 28, 2024 · Chen Shui-bian, lawyer and politician who served as president (2000–08) of the Republic of China (Taiwan). He was a prominent leader of the pro-independence movement that sought to establish statehood for Taiwan. He later was convicted of various corruption charges.
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Chen Shui-bian called his arrest a "political persecution" by the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang government amid and after another senior DPP member -- Chiayi County magistrate Chen Ming-wen's detention on corruption charges: "The government abused the laws and its powers to persecute and humiliate us but the people and the history will return ...
Jan 11, 2021 · Lately I have been mulling over the checkered career of Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), former Mayor of Taipei and President of Taiwan, who subsequently spent 6+ years in jail after being convicted of corruption. I was a witness to some of this, and have studied President Chen’s career over the years.
Chen Shui-bian, the former president of Taiwan who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, suffers from a series of medical conditions including depression, brain atrophy and Parkinsonism.
A book that reassesses the first non-Kuomintang president's tenure in Taiwan, covering both the progress and the obstacles to democratic consolidation. It examines the depoliticization of the military, the judicial system, the constitutionalism, the civil society, and the cross-Strait relations.
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Dec 12, 2008 · Former Taiwan president and anti-China firebrand Chen Shui-bian was indicted on Friday in connection with a series of corruption-related scandals involving himself and family members.
