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Proposal to Remove Chiang Kai-shek Statue in Taiwan Stirs Controversy
The Transitional Justice Commission’s proposal, part of a larger plan to convert the memorial into a reflection on Taiwan’s authoritarian past, has drawn mixed reactions.
Twilight of the Idols: Why We Should Replace the Statue of Chiang Kai-Shek in the CKS Memorial with Zongchai
Zongchai is something of an everyman — or everydog, and therefore the ideal replacement for Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall.
The KMT Paradox: The Anti-Communist Party or the 'One China' Party?
Chiang Kai-shek once called communism 'a disease of the heart.' Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu now describes Taiwan and China as partners in an 'arranged marriage' who are now 'madly in love.'
The 228 Incident Remains Etched Into Taiwan's Present and Its Future
Here's what Taiwanese lawmakers and thinkers are saying on the 72nd anniversary of the 228 Incident.
Statue of Chiang Kai-shek Defaced at Taipei's National Chengchi University
A group called 'Shot for Democracy' claimed responsibility for the early-morning act of vandalism.
There's a Place in West China That Hasn't Banished the ROC Flag
A WWII cemetery in Yunnan still remembers the ROC army's battlefield triumphs over the Japanese.
OPINION: In Praise of Defacing the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial
Criticism of the defacing of Chiang Kai-shek's memorial miss the point, argues Brian Hioe, as long as Taiwan's government is content to revere the late dictator.
PODCAST: Chiang Kai-Shek’s Great-Grandson and the Future of the KMT
Check out the latest episode of The News Lens Radio.
OPINION: Don’t Delete the Generalissimo, Contextualize Him
'His legacy ought to be studied and analyzed, if only to remember the horrors and agonies of the history of this island nation, and to educate ourselves on the importance of avoiding a backslide into totalitarianism.'
OPINION: Deleting the Generalissimo from Taiwan is the Wrong Move
'Chiang Kai-shek was the greatest single fighter of the CCP, bar none. He also led China through one of the darkest periods of its history, including a brutal war with Japan and two periods of civil war, which wrapped together were a central part of the greatest conflict in human history.'