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Chapters: Li Ao, Shih Ming-Teh, Hsu Tain-Tsair, Chen Chi-Mai, Hsiao Bi-Khim, Chai Trong-Rong, Chiang Peng-Chien, Su Huan-Chih, John Chiang, May Chin, Liao Feng-Teh, Wang Tuoh, Kuan Bi-Ling, Wang Sing-Nan, Wong Chin-Chu, Lu Hsiu-Yi, Chiu Yi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Shih Ming-te or Shih Ming-teh (traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Sh Míngdé, a.k.a. Nori; born January 15, 1941 in Kaohsiung) was a political prisoner for 25-and-a-half years in the Republic of China (Taiwan). He was arrested at the age of 21 in 1962 and charged with creating the "Taiwan Independence League" (a study group) with the intention of overthrowing the Kuomintang government, Shih was sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentence was commuted to 15 years in 1975, and Shih was released on June 16, 1977. He promptly joined the Tangwai (literally meaning "outside the party", because the Kuomintang was the only legally existing political party in Taiwan at that time), became a reporter for the Liberty Times and married the American researcher Linda Gail Arrigo. After playing a part in organizing the December 10, 1979 pro-democracy rally subsequently known as the Kaohsiung Incident, the Formosa Incident or Meilitao Incident, an arrest warrant was issued charging Shih with treason, and following 26 days on the run he was again arrested and sentenced to life in prison. In 1984, while he was incarcerated, Polish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wasa nominated him for Peace Prize. On July 1987, Chiang Ching-kuo lifted martial law and offered an amnesty to Shih, but he refused to accept. On May 20, 1990 he was finally released. In total, he spent 25 years in prison, 13 years in solitary confinement and over 4 years on hunger strike. In 1994, he is elected leader of the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=394514 ... Read more

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Chapters: Chen Shui-Bian, Hsu Tain-Tsair, Chen Chi-Mai, Hsiao Bi-Khim, Peng Ming-Min, Frank Hsieh, Chai Trong-Rong, Annette Lu, Chiou I-Jen, Wu Shu-Chen, Su Tseng-Chang, Lin Chia-Lung, Tsai Ing-Wen, Yu Shyi-Kun, Chen Chu, Lee Ying-Yuan, Chang Chun-Hsiung, Chiang Peng-Chien, Yao Chia-Wen, Su Huan-Chih, Chen Ding-Nan, Mark Chen, Joseph Wu, Peng Wan-Ru, Yeh Chu-Lan, Wang Tuoh, Liu Shou-Ch'eng, Kuan Bi-Ling, Tang Bi-A, Wong Chin-Chu, Luo Wen-Jia, Wang Shu-Hui, Lu Hsiu-Yi, Huang Shin-Chieh, You Ching, Cho Chun-Ying, Liu Shih-Fang. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 157. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chen Shui-bian (traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Chén Shubin; Taiwanese: Tân Chúi-pí) (born October 12, 1950) is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang (KMT) rule in Taiwan. He is colloquially referred to as A-Bian (; bin; Taiwanese: A-pí-à). Chen entered politics in 1980 as a lawyer and came to be known for his forceful arguments; out of concern for reformation of the political system, Chen entered politics as a member of the Tangwai movement and was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1981. Chen was jailed in 1985 for libel as the editor of the weekly pro-democracy magazine Neo-Formosa, following publication of an article critical of Elmer Feng, a college philosophy professor who was later elected a Kuomintang legislator. After being released, Chen was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1989, and Mayor of Taipei in 1994. Chen won the 2000 presidential election on March 18 with only 39% of the vote as a result of a split of factions within the Kuomintang, when Ja...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=55077 ... Read more

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The International Conference on Gravitation and Astrophysics(ICGA) is to serve the needs of research workers in gravitation and astrophysics in the Asia-Pacific region. This proceedings covers a wide and hot area of research, including cosmological model, gravitational lensing, precision measurement of G, CMB, Kerr space-time, gravitational wave, the LISA, LIGO, LCGT projects in Japan, black hole, dark matter, Yang Mills gravity, neutron star, type la supernovae, quasi-local energy, anti-de Sitter space-time. ... Read more