Lǐ Dēnghuī tuīdòng le Táiwān de mínzhǔhuà jìnchéng.
Lee Teng-hui drove Taiwan's democratization process.
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A Cornell-trained agricultural economist, Lee took over the KMT after Chiang Ching-kuo's death in 1988 and oversaw Taiwan's transition to multiparty democracy. He was later nicknamed 'Mr. Democracy' by Western media.