Wed, Oct 12, 2005 - Page 3 News List

New Radio Free Asia director draws on rich heritage

AMAZING JOURNEY Libby Liu's grandparents lived hardscrabble lives in Taiwan, before the nation got rich. Now she's taken the helm of an influential radio service

BY CHARLES SNYDER  /  STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON

Her cultural heritage, though, is inescapable in her new job.

"I have an affinity to the mission here, based on my heritage. But I don't take a political position. RFA does not take a political position. But when you're dealing with a heritage that is thousands of years rich, you do have a personal commitment to try to reach people and empower people, and speak to them, because there's really an oppression of the free flow of information. I do take it personally because of my heritage," she said.

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