Su Beng
Su Beng (9 November 1918 – 20 September 2019) (Chinese: 史明; pinyin: Shĭ Míng; Wade–Giles: Shih Ming; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sú-bêng), whose given name was Shih Chao-hui (Chinese: 施朝暉; pinyin: Shī Cháohuī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si Tiâu-hui), was a Taiwanese dissident and political activist. He was born in Shirin Town, Taihoku Chō, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Shilin District of Taipei, Taiwan).
He was known as the “Che Guevara of Taiwan". In April 1994, he began the Taiwan Independence Action motorcade, which he conceived as a way to raise the Taiwanese people’s political awareness. He fought for Taiwanese independence.
Su died in Taipei on 20 September 2019 of pneumonia at the age of 100.[1]
Su Beng Media
Su Beng as a student at Waseda University
References
- ↑ 史明過世 台獨運動先驅享嵩壽103歲. 中央通訊社. 2019-09-21. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201909205006.aspx. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
Other websites
- Taiwan in Time: Revolutionary in exile
- Website About Su Beng maintained and written by his English Biographer Felicia Lin
- Su Beng's personal (Chinese language) website
- Taipei Times FEATURE: Su Beng: Staying true to the fight for independence