One thing I have noticed in Taiwan since I arrived in Taiwan last month is that you can see Chiang Kai-Sheik's statue in almost every school from elementary schools to universities.
Why this is a surprise to me?
Chiang Kai-Sheik was a notorious dictator whose brutality against Taiwanese was well documented. None of the dictators other than Chiang was eventually treated well. The Russians whipped Stalin's body. The Iraqis toppled down Saddam Hussein's statue. Yet, Chiang Kai-Sheik's statues still stand in every school's campus; they even stand in the national parks like the Sun-Moon Lake.
Why is that? I have to bite my tongue to admit that Chinese colonialism is taking deep roots in Taiwan's society. After 65 years of Chinese occupation, Taiwanese is brain-washed to regard Chiang Kai-Sheik as a hero. How sad it is.
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