Editing Annette Lu (section)

==Vice Presidency, 2000–2008==
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On 18 March 2000, Lu was [[2000 ROC presidential election|elected]] vice president. She was awarded the [[World Peace Corps Mission]]'s [[World Peace Prize]] in 2001.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/11/30/0000113755 Lu becomes first woman to win World Peace Prize] TAIPEI TIMES. Monique Chu. [November 30, 2001]</ref> Controversy erupted over this in Taiwan, with Lu's political opponents accusing her of vastly overstating the significance and value of that award. She was also the ROC's first elected vice president to adopt a Western first name. In her interview with ''TIME Asia Magazine'', she said the [[KMT]] never thought they would transfer their regime to her on behalf of the freedom fighters.{{clarify|date=June 2017}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASIANOW - TIME Asia {{!}} Annette Lu: 'They Made Me Famous'|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/features/interviews/int.annlu.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709213155/http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/features/interviews/int.annlu.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2021|access-date=2021-07-09|website=CNN}}</ref>

Lu was a contender for the [[2008 ROC presidential election|2008 presidential election]]; she announced her candidacy on March 6 and faced [[Yu Shyi-kun]], [[Frank Hsieh]], and [[Su Tseng-chang]] for the nomination. After receiving only 6.16% of the votes cast in the DPP primary, Lu withdrew from the race.<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/03DAAE4B-820C-4DD8-AD5D-7A1F321E5603.htm "VP quits race for Taiwan presidency"], ''Al Jazeera'', 7 May 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.chinapost.com.tw/latestnews/200758/45974.htm "Frank Hsieh Confirmed as DPP Standard Bearer"], ''[[China Post|The China Post]]'', 8 May 2007.</ref>

===Assassination attempt===
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On 19 March 2004, Lu was shot in the right [[kneecap]] while campaigning in [[Tainan]]. Chen was shot in the abdomen at the same event. Both survived the shooting and left Chi-mei Hospital on the same day. The [[Pan-Blue Coalition]] suggested that the shooting was not an assassination attempt but that it was staged to a self-inflicted wound in order to gain sympathy votes. The Chen/Lu ticket won the election on the following day with a 0.228% margin, a figure significant to those who related it to the assassination incident.