2001 world peace prize awarded to Taiwan's vice president

Taiwan’s outspoken vice president Annette Lu, has been awarded the 2001 world peace prize by the World Peace Corps Mission.

Taiwan’s outspoken vice president Annette Lu, has been awarded the 2001 world peace prize by the World Peace Corps Mission.

A former dissident leader, long time democracy activist and feminist, Lu was jailed in 1979 for five and a half years on sedition charges when Taiwan was governed by martial law.

A sharp critic of China, she was elected vice president last year.

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