Chan I-hua (; 22 February 1957 — 19 May 1989) was a Taiwanese pro-
democracy
Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which people, the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choo ...
activist
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and graduate of
Lunghwa University of Science and Technology
Lunghwa University of Science and Technology (LHU; ) is a private university of science and technology in the Taiwanese vocational education system, originally based in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
As its spirit of fundamental o ...
. He performed
self-immolation
The term self-immolation broadly refers to acts of altruistic suicide, otherwise the giving up of one's body in an act of sacrifice. However, it most often refers specifically to autocremation, the act of sacrificing oneself by setting oneself o ...
on May 19, 1989 when the funeral procession of fellow activist
Cheng Nan-jung
Cheng Nan-jung (, Hokkien: Tēnn Lâm-iông; sometimes anglicised Nylon Deng; 12 September 1947 – 7 April 1989) was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist. He was the founder of the Freedom Era Weekly. He is most known international ...
(who had similarly immolated himself) was blocked by the police in front of the
Presidential Office Building in
Taipei
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on what is now called
Ketagalan Boulevard
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History
The former name of t ...
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See also
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List of political self-immolations
This is a list of notable people who committed suicide by setting themselves on fire for political reasons. Non-political self-immolations are not included in the list.
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Cheng Nan-jung
Cheng Nan-jung (, Hokkien: Tēnn Lâm-iông; sometimes anglicised Nylon Deng; 12 September 1947 – 7 April 1989) was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist. He was the founder of the Freedom Era Weekly. He is most known international ...
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Taiwan independence
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a Country, country in East Asia, at the junction of the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) to the n ...
References
External links
twhistory.org.tw - From mastering people to people as masters
1957 births
1989 suicides
People from Chiayi County
Suicides by self-immolation
Suicides in Taiwan
Taiwan independence activists
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