The Blood of Taiwan's Patriots: Dang Nylon--One of Many 台灣烈士的血-鄭南榕-其中之一。

Thomas Jefferson is known for the quote, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." In Taiwan's quest for liberty and democracy, too many of its patriots have shed their blood for it but not enough of its tyrants. And it is high time that we honored those patriots who shed their blood.

This past April 7th, Taiwan celebrated the anniversary of the death of one such patriot, Cheng Nan-jung (1947--1989). Cheng (aka Deng Nan-jung and Dang Nylon) was a man who broke taboo after taboo that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) had tried to impose on Taiwanese. With a father from China and a mother from Taiwan, he is famous for making statements like "I am Dang Nylon; my ancestors are Chinese, but I support Taiwan independence."


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Friday April 17, by Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.