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Taiwan Holds Funeral For Former President Lee Teng-hui
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October 7, 2020
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24:04Now PlayingA state funeral was held for Taiwan's former President Lee Teng-hui on Wednesday, attended by president Tsai Ing-wen and high-ranking government officials.
Lee was buried at the military cemetery in Taipei.
At the funeral service, Tsai paid her last respects and laid a white wreath before Lee's tomb while military honor guards fired a three-volley salute to bid a farewell to Lee.
National flags at government and public facilities are flying at half-mast.
Lee Teng-hui, the former president who led the island's transition to democracy, died at age 97 in July.
Lee had built a separate Taiwanese political identity, distinct from mainland China, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory to be reunited by force if necessary.
Lee's carving out of a non-Chinese identity and insistence that the island be treated as an equal country brought him into direct conflict with Beijing.
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