Su Beng

Su Beng (9 November 1918 – 20 September 2019) (), whose given name was Shih Chao-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.

References

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

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