Taipei Times
Date: Feb 28, 2016
By: Loa Iok-sin / Staff reporter Staff Reporter

The 98-year-old Marxist Taiwan independence advocate Su Beng (史明)

Taiwanese independence advocate Su Beng speaks at the book launch of his memoirs in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Lo pei-der, Taipei Times

yesterday urged Taiwanese to arm themselves with knowledge about pursuing independence, while saying that his assistance to president-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) was strategic, during the launch of his memoir that he spent 20 years writing.

Arriving in a wheelchair at the book launch in Taipei, Su was greeted by hundreds of supporters who packed the room with applause and shouts of “wansui” (“live long”), while a long line of people queued up to wait for Su to sign books they had purchased.

Born to a wealthy family in Taipei’s Shilin District (士林) in 1918, Su obtained a degree in political economics from Waseda University in Tokyo, where he became a Marxist.     [FULL  STORY]