Taiwan President Who Forged Island’s Path to Democracy Dies
- Lee steered Taiwan on course away from unification with China
- Beijing angered by Lee’s efforts to solidify separate status
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Lee Teng-hui, who led Taiwan from dictatorship to democracy in the 1990s, reshaping the island’s relationship with China along the way, has died. He was 97.
Lee died Thursday evening at Taipei Veterans General Hospital after suffering septic shock and multiple organ failure, the hospital said in a statement. He had been hospitalized since February after choking on a drink and subsequently suffering heart failure and aspiration pneumonia.