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Chu Mei-feng
[[Image:WilliamLyonMackenzie.jpeg|thumb|right|William Lyon Mackenzie]]
'''William Lyon Mackenzie''' ([[March 12]], [[1795]]&#8211;[[August 28]], [[1861]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[journalist]] and [[rebel]].

Mackenzie was born in [[Scotland]] and immigrated to [[Upper Canada]] in [[1820]].  From [[1824]] to [[1834]] he published the newspaper the ''Colonial Advocate'' in [[York, Upper Canada]] ([[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]), attacking the upper class clique known as the "[[Family Compact]]" which was in control of the government.  In response to this, a mob threw his printing press into [[Lake Ontario]] in [[1826]].  In [[1828]] he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, but was expelled five times for [[libel]], each time being re-elected.

In [[1834]] he became the first [[List of Toronto mayors|mayor of Toronto]], and in [[1836]] he founded the newspaper, ''The Constitution'', to promote the policies of his ''Reform Party''.  In [[1837]] he led the [[Upper Canada Rebellion]] against Sir [[Francis Bond Head]] and the Family Compact, which was quickly put down. Mackenzie escaped to the [[United States]], and set up a provisional [[Republic of Canada]] government on [[Navy Island]] in the [[Niagara River]].  He was later imprisoned in the U.S. for his involvement in the [[Caroline Affair]]. An amnesty allowed his return to Canada in [[1849]], and he was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly]] of the [[Province of Canada]] from [[1851]] to [[1858]].

William Lyon Mackenzie was the grandfather of [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] and a very important figure in Canadian history.

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[[Category:Mayors of Toronto|Mackenzie, William Lyon]]

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[[zh:&#23041;&#24265;&#22982;&#183;&#33713;&#24681;&#183;&#40614;&#32943;&#35199;]]<b>Chu Mei-feng</b>, (&#29865;&#32654;&#40179; born [[1966]]) is the former director of [[Hsinchu, Taiwan]]'s Bureau of Cultural Affairs.  She is noted for her outspokenness, sharp-wittedness, and beauty.

Chu is campaigning with the [[Taiwan New Party]] (NP) for election to [[Taiwan]]'s legislature and is seen as a threat to the incumbent [[Shen Chih-hui]], despite a string of high-profile relationships including one with Hsinchu's mayor, [[Tsai Jen-chien]], who is ten years older than she and a member of the rival [[Taiwan Democratic Peoples Party]] (DDP).

On [[December 17]], [[2001]], the [[tabloid]] <cite>Scoop Weekly</cite> published a lengthy story about Chu's alleged [[promiscuity]] and distributed a video taken secretly with a pinhole camera that purportedly shows Chu having sex with a married man.  The video is sold on [[VCD]]s as uncensored pornographic movie in the gray market in [[Hong Kong]].  Chu sued the tabloid for [[libel]] on [[December 31]].  Taiwan's Civil Code protects human rights including the right to privacy, and allows someone to bring a suit for emotional damages.  Various sections of it also make crimes of violating a person's privacy for profit, distributing indecent material, and some forms of libel.

See also:  [[Nude celebrities on the Internet]]
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