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Born in [[Zhejiang]] in 1897,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=President inaugurates Lei Chen Web site |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/09/2003368753 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=9 July 2007}}</ref> Lei was educated at [[Kyoto Imperial University]] in Japan. His early political career included posts as the secretary-general of the {{ill|National Political Assembly|zh|國民參政會}} and {{ill|Constituent National Assembly of the Republic of China|lt=Constituent National Assembly|zh|制憲國民大會}}.<ref name="oneman"/> He also served on the [[Control Yuan]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Declassified archives show Taiwan's missile project in the '70s |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3459054 |accessdate=17 June 2018 |work=Taiwan News |agency=Central News Agency |date=16 June 2018}}</ref> as minister without portfolio, and presidential adviser.<ref name="oneman">{{cite news |translator-last1=Huang |translator-first1=Francis |translator-last2=Svensson |translator-first2=Perry |translator-last3=Chang |translator-first3=Eddy |translator-last4=Lin |translator-first4=Jackie |translator-last5=Shaw |translator-first5=Grace |title=One man's struggle for a nation's freedom |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/09/05/0000166855/1 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=5 September 2002}}</ref>
Born in [[Zhejiang]] in 1897,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=President inaugurates Lei Chen Web site |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/09/2003368753 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=9 July 2007}}</ref> Lei was educated at [[Kyoto Imperial University]] in Japan. His early political career included posts as the secretary-general of the {{ill|National Political Assembly|zh|國民參政會}} and {{ill|Constituent National Assembly of the Republic of China|lt=Constituent National Assembly|zh|制憲國民大會}}.<ref name="oneman"/> He also served on the [[Control Yuan]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Declassified archives show Taiwan's missile project in the '70s |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3459054 |accessdate=17 June 2018 |work=Taiwan News |agency=Central News Agency |date=16 June 2018}}</ref> as minister without portfolio, and presidential adviser.<ref name="oneman">{{cite news |translator-last1=Huang |translator-first1=Francis |translator-last2=Svensson |translator-first2=Perry |translator-last3=Chang |translator-first3=Eddy |translator-last4=Lin |translator-first4=Jackie |translator-last5=Shaw |translator-first5=Grace |title=One man's struggle for a nation's freedom |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/09/05/0000166855/1 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=5 September 2002}}</ref>


Lei Chen helped found and produce the periodical ''[[Free China Journal|Free China]]'', published beginning in 1950.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mo |first1=Yan-chih |title=Ma apologizes for KMT wrongs, White Terror era |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/03/08/2003527275 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=Hsieh launches electronic book on Lei Chen's life |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/09/03/2003376996 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 September 2007}}</ref> Lei was expelled from the [[Kuomintang]] in 1954.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Han Cheung|title=Taiwan in Time: Chiang Kai-shek's last challenger|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/03/18/2003689510|accessdate=18 March 2018|date=18 March 2018}}</ref> Six years later, he founded the {{ill|China Democracy Party (1960)|lt=China Democracy Party|zh|中國民主黨 (1960年)}} with [[Hsu Shih-hsien]] and [[Huang Hua (activist)|Huang Hua]], among others.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mo |first1=Yan-chih |last2=Chang |first2=Rich |title=Ma praises Lei Chen for work on democracy |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/03/08/2003437904 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=8 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: A phoenix among dragons |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/06/24/2003695432 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=24 June 2018}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, Lei was charged with sedition and jailed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Jewel |title=New books honor Lei Chen |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/09/04/2003066397 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 September 2003}}</ref> The charges are widely regarded as having been falsified by the Taiwan government and its then-ruling party the [[Kuomintang]] in response to Lei Chen's criticisms.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=INTERVIEW: Lei Mei-lin says she still bears a grudge|url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/18/2003370118|work=Taipei Times|date=18 July 2007|accessdate = 2015-09-05}}</ref>
Lei Chen helped found and produce the periodical ''[[Free China Journal|Free China]]'', published beginning in 1950.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mo |first1=Yan-chih |title=Ma apologizes for KMT wrongs, White Terror era |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/03/08/2003527275 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=Hsieh launches electronic book on Lei Chen's life |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/09/03/2003376996 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 September 2007}}</ref> Lei was expelled from the [[Kuomintang]] in 1954.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Han Cheung|title=Taiwan in Time: Chiang Kai-shek's last challenger|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/03/18/2003689510|accessdate=18 March 2018|date=18 March 2018}}</ref> Six years later, he founded the [[China Democracy Party (Taiwan)|China Democracy Party]] with [[Hsu Shih-hsien]] and [[Huang Hua (activist)|Huang Hua]], among others.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mo |first1=Yan-chih |last2=Chang |first2=Rich |title=Ma praises Lei Chen for work on democracy |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/03/08/2003437904 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=8 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: A phoenix among dragons |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/06/24/2003695432 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=24 June 2018}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, Lei was charged with sedition and jailed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Jewel |title=New books honor Lei Chen |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/09/04/2003066397 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 September 2003}}</ref> The charges are widely regarded as having been falsified by the Taiwan government and its then-ruling party the [[Kuomintang]] in response to Lei Chen's criticisms.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=INTERVIEW: Lei Mei-lin says she still bears a grudge|url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/18/2003370118|work=Taipei Times|date=18 July 2007|accessdate = 2015-09-05}}</ref>


He was released in 1970<ref>{{cite news |title=A foe of regime released in Taiwan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/a-foe-of-regime-freed-in-taiwan-former-official-was-given.html |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=New York Times |date=13 September 1970}}</ref> and died on 7 March 1979, aged 82.<ref>{{cite news |title=President Ma opens Lei Chen memorial museum, research center |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=2,23,45&post=2255 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taiwan Today |date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|authorlink1=J. Bruce Jacobs |last1=Jacobs |first1=J. Bruce |title=Democratizing Taiwan |date=2012 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004221543 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAU9JjMcfsQC&pg=PA43}}</ref> He was married to [[Sung Ying]], who had also served on the Control Yuan.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Military authorities burn Lei Chen Memoirs |journal=Taiwan Communiqué |date=September 1988 |issue=36 |page=2 |url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc36-int.pdf |accessdate=24 June 2018}}</ref> Lei was posthumously exonerated by the [[Transitional Justice Commission]] in May 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Flor |last2=Wang |first2=Cheng-chung |title=Fourth list of exonerations during White Terror era released |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201905300015.aspx |accessdate=31 May 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yu-fu |last2=Hsiao |first2=Sherry |title=More than 2,000 convictions overturned |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/05/31/2003716081 |accessdate=31 May 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=31 May 2019}}</ref>
He was released in 1970<ref>{{cite news |title=A foe of regime released in Taiwan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/a-foe-of-regime-freed-in-taiwan-former-official-was-given.html |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=New York Times |date=13 September 1970}}</ref> and died on 7 March 1979, aged 82.<ref>{{cite news |title=President Ma opens Lei Chen memorial museum, research center |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=2,23,45&post=2255 |accessdate=24 June 2018 |work=Taiwan Today |date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|authorlink1=J. Bruce Jacobs |last1=Jacobs |first1=J. Bruce |title=Democratizing Taiwan |date=2012 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004221543 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAU9JjMcfsQC&pg=PA43}}</ref> He was married to [[Sung Ying]], who had also served on the Control Yuan.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Military authorities burn Lei Chen Memoirs |journal=Taiwan Communiqué |date=September 1988 |issue=36 |page=2 |url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc36-int.pdf |accessdate=24 June 2018}}</ref> Lei was posthumously exonerated by the [[Transitional Justice Commission]] in May 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Flor |last2=Wang |first2=Cheng-chung |title=Fourth list of exonerations during White Terror era released |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201905300015.aspx |accessdate=31 May 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yu-fu |last2=Hsiao |first2=Sherry |title=More than 2,000 convictions overturned |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/05/31/2003716081 |accessdate=31 May 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=31 May 2019}}</ref>

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For the Hong Kong actor, see Kelly Lai Chen.
Not to be confused with Chen Lei.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lei.
Lei Chen

Lei Chen (Chinese: 雷震; pinyin: Léi Zhèn; 8 July 1897 – 7 March 1979) was a Chinese politician and dissident who was the early leading figure in the movement to bring fuller democracy to the government of the Republic of China.

Born in Zhejiang in 1897,[1] Lei was educated at Kyoto Imperial University in Japan. His early political career included posts as the secretary-general of the National Political Assembly [zh] and Constituent National Assembly [zh].[2] He also served on the Control Yuan,[3] as minister without portfolio, and presidential adviser.[2]

Lei Chen helped found and produce the periodical Free China, published beginning in 1950.[4][5] Lei was expelled from the Kuomintang in 1954.[6] Six years later, he founded the China Democracy Party with Hsu Shih-hsien and Huang Hua, among others.[7][8] Shortly thereafter, Lei was charged with sedition and jailed.[9] The charges are widely regarded as having been falsified by the Taiwan government and its then-ruling party the Kuomintang in response to Lei Chen's criticisms.[10]

He was released in 1970[11] and died on 7 March 1979, aged 82.[12][13] He was married to Sung Ying, who had also served on the Control Yuan.[14] Lei was posthumously exonerated by the Transitional Justice Commission in May 2019.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (9 July 2007). "President inaugurates Lei Chen Web site". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "One man's struggle for a nation's freedom". Taipei Times. Translated by Huang, Francis; Svensson, Perry; Chang, Eddy; Lin, Jackie; Shaw, Grace. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Declassified archives show Taiwan's missile project in the '70s". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  4. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (8 March 2012). "Ma apologizes for KMT wrongs, White Terror era". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  5. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (3 September 2007). "Hsieh launches electronic book on Lei Chen's life". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  6. ^ Han Cheung (18 March 2018). "Taiwan in Time: Chiang Kai-shek's last challenger". Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ^ Mo, Yan-chih; Chang, Rich (8 March 2009). "Ma praises Lei Chen for work on democracy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  8. ^ Han Cheung (24 June 2018). "Taiwan in Time: A phoenix among dragons". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  9. ^ Huang, Jewel (4 September 2003). "New books honor Lei Chen". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  10. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (18 July 2007). "INTERVIEW: Lei Mei-lin says she still bears a grudge". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  11. ^ "A foe of regime released in Taiwan". New York Times. 13 September 1970. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  12. ^ "President Ma opens Lei Chen memorial museum, research center". Taiwan Today. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  13. ^ Jacobs, J. Bruce (2012). Democratizing Taiwan. Brill. p. 43. ISBN 9789004221543.
  14. ^ "Military authorities burn Lei Chen Memoirs" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (36): 2. September 1988. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  15. ^ Wang, Flor; Wang, Cheng-chung (30 May 2019). "Fourth list of exonerations during White Terror era released". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  16. ^ Chen, Yu-fu; Hsiao, Sherry (31 May 2019). "More than 2,000 convictions overturned". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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