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Nylon Deng; September 12, 1947 in Taipei – April 7, 1989) was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist. He was the founder of the Freedom Era Weekly. He is most known internationally for setting himself on fire in support of Freedom of Speech.
Background and careerEdit
Deng's father was an immigrant from Fuzhou. His mother was from Keelung, Taiwan. Deng was born in the year of the 228 Massacres. On his first job-seeking résumé, Deng Nan-jung was to write: "I was born the year of the 228 Incident, and this incident has tormented me throughout my life.... Only because we were protected by our neighbors were we mainlanders safe from the wave of retaliation from the Taiwanese." He wrote that his experience growing up in the White Terrordrove his commitment to Taiwan independence.
Deng studied engineering at Taiwan Provincial Cheng Kung University, and philosophy at Fu Jen Catholic University andNational Taiwan University. He refused to take the classes on Sun Yat-sen Thought, and handed back his National Taiwan University graduation certificate.
In March 1984, he founded Freedom Era Weekly and declared that "[it was] fighting for 100 percent freedom of speech." Deng Nan-jung had registered 18 different magazine licenses, as "spare tires" for use when the KMT banned the magazine and suspended publication. He said "I'm not scared of arrest nor of being killed, basically, I'll fight them to the very end." The magazine was banned several times by the authorities but continued to be printed and distributed.
鄭南榕（1947年9月12日－1989年4月7日）是臺灣著名的時事評論員、政論雜誌出版者和臺灣政治持不同政見者，其妻子為後來擔任過中華民國交通部部長、客家委員會主任委員和行政院副院長的葉菊蘭。鄭南榕曾經多次發起支持民主化的活動，同時也是《自由時代週刊》的創辦人之一，並且反對當時以中國國民黨為首的政府對於自由民主以及對於臺灣獨立運動訴求的壓制。在1989年4月，鄭南榕為了表達「百分之百的言論自由」而拒絕拘捕身亡，之後被許多人尊稱為「言論自由殉道者」、「臺灣建國烈士」或者是「臺灣獨立建國之父」#bloodcattattoo #紅貓體啄 #Nylon Deng#鄭南榕
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