She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005.
She says: « My story is nothing. The spirit of those times is very important. I often think about how suffering can make humanity shine. »
Chin Yu Hsu – Taiwan
She works for the Gu Jinliang Cultural Foundation.
Hsu Chin Yu grew up in Taiwan during the period of the Japanese colonization. In the White Terror period in the 1950s, when many intellectuals, workers and peasants were charged as spies, communist bandits and traitors, she entered a reading club, and took part in the labor movement. Later she was arrested and imprisoned for 15 years, which changed her life. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).
Sorry, I can not get other information in english about Chin Yu Hsu, being certified it would be the wanted person.