TAIPEI: Taiwanese soldiers will stop performing elaborate changing of the guard ceremonies around a statue of the late president Chiang Kai-shek to avoid "worshipping authoritarianism", the government said on Friday (Jul 12). The fate of the 6.
Workers plant trees behind a statue of late nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek at the Cihu Memorial Sculpture Park, where dozens of bronze statues of Chiang are on display, in Taoyuan on Mar 27, 2024. TAIPEI: Taiwan ese soldiers will stop performing elaborate changing of the guard ceremonies around a statue of the late president Chiang Kai-shek to avoid"worshipping authoritarianism", the government said on Friday .
The changing of the guard there each hour is a major tourist draw, but starting Monday, the ceremony will be moved outdoors to Democracy Boulevard, which leads to Chiang's eponymous blue-and-white memorial hall – one of the island's most recognisable landmarks. "The military honour guards' sentry duty at the hall will be removed ... but their performances will be maintained, with the venue moving to the Democracy Boulevard."Analysis: The way forward for Taiwan and the region after the elections
He is now seen by many as the embodiment of a brutal military regime that exiled, imprisoned and killed thousands of opponents until his death in 1975., which views Taiwan as its territory and has not renounced the use of force to bring the self-ruled island under its control.
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