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Dr. Lu Hsiu-lien Annette Vice President of Taiwan, 2000 2008 President of BPW-Taiwan, 2008 2012 President, Taiwan Alliance for Green 21 Lu Hsiu-lien Annette is a writer, feminist, freedom fighter, vegetarian environmentalist, and antinuclear activist. She was shut by one bullet on 19 March 2004, one day before the Presidential Election Day. The truth of shooting incident is still unapprehended and controversial. Born in 1944 and graduated from National Taiwan University, University of Illinois, and Harvard University, Lu established herself as the founder of feminist movement in Taiwan. Later she became one of the leaders in the opposition movement calling for democracy and an end to the Kuomintang authoritarian rule. On December 10 of 1979 she delivered a twenty-minute speech at the International Human Rights Day rally (known as the Kaohsiung Incident ), and soon was arrested, imprisoned, convicted guilty of violent sedition, and sentenced to 12 years by a military court. After 1933 days of imprisonment, Lu was released in 1985, due to domestic and international rescue efforts. In 1993 Lu was elected to be a member of Legislative Yuan and in 1997 to be the Magistrate of Taoyuan County. In 2000 she was elected the first female Vice President and in 2008 the first Vice President reelected in Taiwan. After retirement, Lu has been active and established International Federation of Business and Professional Women-Taiwan to promote Taiwan women's international visibility. After Japan's earthquake/tsunami and Fukushima nuclear incident in 2011, she devoted herself to the Save the Earth, Care for Taiwan campaign, establishing Taiwan Alliance for Green 21. Two national campaigns are intensively conducted: Less Meat, Less Heat Campaign, and a local referendum to stop Taiwan's 4th Nuclear Power Plant.

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