Her colleagues say she is friendly but keeps a low profile and hardly refers to her personal life.
"Like father, like daughter," Annie believes in strong Taiwanese values. She has said that her Taiwanese consciousness first emerged when she was in the UK.
She has said that before living abroad, she had thought of herself as "Chinese or a citizen of the Republic of China."
But she said friends in the UK often asked her why she thought of herself Chinese, when she was in fact Taiwanese.
She said the question had prompted her to examine why Tai-wanese are afraid to acknowledge their own country.
The core of the issue lies in the "recognition crisis," she said. "Many mainland Chinese refuse to accept Taiwan [as home] regardless of their living here for decades."
When the transition of power took place two years ago, Annie said she thought her father could finally return to his family after fulfilling his responsibility to the country, but that political instability has made this impossible.
Annie said her father was too pre-occupied throughout his career to provide his children with guidance in person, but his words and deeds have had a great impact on them.
"Despite the calumny from opposition politicians, we have faith in our father. We believe that whatever Lee Teng-hui has done for Taiwan will be highly regarded and will be recorded in Taiwan's history," she said.
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