Shih Ming-teh, Taiwan Democracy Activist, Dies at 83
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FILE - Taiwan human rights veteran Shih Ming-teh leads a march in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sept. 21, 2006. FILE - Taiwan human rights veteran Shih Ming-teh, center, leads a massive march over tens of thousands of protesters en route to a new location for their continued sit-in in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sept. 15, 2006.
Shih Ming-teh, a democracy activist who helped lead Taiwan from authoritarianism to democracy and a former chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, died Monday, his family said. He was 83.
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