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TAIWAN HISTORY - Formosa Files Episodes

Jan. 10, 2025

S4-E38 - Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁: From Prison to Taipei Mayor

After serving eight months behind bars for libel, Chen Shui-bian is released in February 1987, and enters the fray of a newly-liberalized political landscape. In 1986, the Democratic Progressive Party became Taiwan’s first real opposition party, and Chen’s wife is elected to Parliament. Mr. Chen bi…

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