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Taiwan to withdraw honour guards from Chiang Kai-shek memorial
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-withdraw-honour-guards-chiang-kai-shek-memorial-2024-07-12/Taiwan to withdraw honour guards from Chiang Kai-shek memorial
By Reuters
July 12, 2024 2:37 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago
TAIPEI, July 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan will withdraw the military honour guards at the memorial hall for former leader Chiang Kai-shek as part of ongoing efforts to end the "veneration of authoritarianism", the culture ministry said on Friday.
Generally lauded in life as an anti-communist hero, today many in Taiwan revile Chiang as a despot who imprisoned and killed opponents during his rule. Chiang withdrew to the island with his Republic of China government in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's Communists.
When he died in 1975, his son Chiang Ching-kuo took over and began tentative steps towards more political openness.
The elder Chiang's memorial, with its giant bronze statue, dominates central Taipei. The culture ministry said that from Monday the military honour guards will be relocated from their ceremonial duties inside the hall to the square in front of it.
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By Reuters
July 12, 2024 2:37 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago
TAIPEI, July 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan will withdraw the military honour guards at the memorial hall for former leader Chiang Kai-shek as part of ongoing efforts to end the "veneration of authoritarianism", the culture ministry said on Friday.
Generally lauded in life as an anti-communist hero, today many in Taiwan revile Chiang as a despot who imprisoned and killed opponents during his rule. Chiang withdrew to the island with his Republic of China government in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's Communists.
When he died in 1975, his son Chiang Ching-kuo took over and began tentative steps towards more political openness.
The elder Chiang's memorial, with its giant bronze statue, dominates central Taipei. The culture ministry said that from Monday the military honour guards will be relocated from their ceremonial duties inside the hall to the square in front of it.
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