
7-9th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (1923-2020)
On JudgeMarket, Lee Teng-hui trades in the upper band of Taiwan-indexed political figures, with a price anchored by structural achievement rather than ongoing relevance. The bid captures the core fact that Lee presided over Taiwan's transition from authoritarian one-party rule to the first direct presidential election — a compression of political development most democracies took centuries to complete. What caps the valuation is cross-strait complication: Beijing-indexed narratives aggressively discount him as the "father of Taiwan independence," and even on the island his later KMT split created factional noise. Against Chiang Ching-kuo, Lee prices higher on democratic outcome but lower on continuity — he's the successor who broke the frame. Compared to Tsai Ing-wen, Lee carries the founder multiple while Tsai inherits the system he built. The market reads him as a moderate-volatility reference asset for Taiwan's democratic story.