Introduction
Lu Hsiu-Lien depicts her dreadful struggle for democratization in Taiwan in her political autobiography “My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman’s Journey from Prison to Power.” The title of the book itself tells that this story is about a political journey of a common woman that she spent in prison and became vice president. She has released a fascinating memoir that tells her political life with humor in her recent book. It is considered as a rare political memoir that is presented with candid and self-aware. “My Fight for a New Taiwan” narrates the Taiwan’s unique coalesce of autochthonic and Chinese culture. ...