Annette Lu

In 2005, I founded the Democratic Pacific Union, an international organization of 28 democratic countries to promote democracy, peace and prosperity in the Pacific region. ”

Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region. ”

Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States. ”