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...activist in the struggle for women's equality in Taiwan for more than a decade, the 35-year-old Lu came to Harvard in part to gain more legal knowledge to aid her human rights activities in her native country, Wang Shu-ying, a friend of Lu's, said this week. Before her studies abroad, Lu had set up a publishing house for feminist literature and a telephone hotline for women with family problems. The government closed both facilities. When she returned to Taiwan in 1978 after graduating from law school, Lu rejoined the group of lawyers, government officials, businessmen...
...aging members of the rubber stamp National Assembly, still dominated by the KMT. The government heeded the second demand--but only partially. It agreed to hold elections in December 1978 to fill 59 of the assembly's more than 1400 seats and allowed just two weeks for campaigning. Lu ran as an independent from her hometown of Taoyuan, an electronics center west of Taipei. During her short campaign, she advocated three rights for her fellow native Taiwanese: the right to know, the right to free speech, and the right to have a voice in their future...
...very political once I started running," Lu said in an interview earlier this year. "I based the campaign on the Taiwanese right to self-determination. Sometimes I even made crowds cry, reminding them of their history, how they had been invaded by the Portugese Spanish, Manchus, Japanese--all outsiders--and that it was much the same today. That the Kuomintang was not elected to rule us, that they were colonial rulers, too," she said...
...arrest of democratic movement leaders in Taiwan. The crackdown followed a rally commemorating Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, sponsored by members of the democratic movement. More than 65 prominent leaders have been arrested. They are publishers, novelists, ministers, candidates for election to the Central Government, and including Ms. Lu Hsiu-lien, a Harvard Law School alumni. Most are charged with sedition-punishable by from 15 years imprisonment up to death. The scope of arrest and the severity of the charges indicate the intention of the Taiwan government to use this opportunity to stamp out once...
Playing with cool precision, Villanova stuck to a set offense that baffled the young Crimson squad. Wildcat forwards Kathie Beisel and Lu Anne Karthe led the balanced attack with 12 points apiece. Center Lisa Ortilt chipped in eight from floor and ruled the backboards with 19 rebounds...