"Lee Teng-hui: A Man of the Country", Cornell University Profile"

“Why Beijing fears Taiwan's Lee Teng-hui," CNN Visions”

“Don't think that because many Taiwanese came from China, Taiwan is a part of China.”

“Lee Teng-hui -- Former President", taiwan.com”

“I am more than seventy years old. Having lived under different regimes, from Japanese colonialism to Taiwan’s recovery, I have greatly experienced the miseries of the Taiwanese people. In the period of Japanese colonialism, a Taiwanese would be punished by being forced to kneel out in the sun for speaking Tai-yü. The situation was the same when Taiwan was recovered: my son, Hsien-wen, and my daughter-in-law, Yüeh-yün, often wore a dunce board around their necks in the school as punishment for speaking Tai-yü... lives are influenced by history. I think the most miserable people are Taiwanese, who have always tried in vain to get their heads above the water. This was the Taiwanese situation during the period of colonialism; it was not any different after Taiwan’s recovery . I have deep feelings about this.”