When I was in Taiwan 38 years ago, I remember I saw statues, money bills, coins and stamps built with both Chaing Kai-Sheik or his son Chiang Jin-Kuo's images everywhere. No one in Taiwan would ever believe that anyone without the last name of 'Chiang' could become a President of ROC. Then Taiwan miraculously moved into democracy when Lee Tung-Huei succeeded Chaing Jun-Kuo to become the first Taiwanese president. After Lee, another Taiwanese, Mr. Chen Suei-Pein, succeeded him as the president. Neither Lee nor Chen had ever attempted to build their persona in statue, stamps, or money bills.
Ma Ying-Jiou succeeded Chen about 7 months ago. Even Taiwanese economy has hit the bottom and Taiwanese international statue has retreated to become a 'regional' representation, Ma is not slow to build his dynasty persona. The photo shows the stamps with Ma and Hsiau's images issued in Taiwan in 2008. One can clearly see the difference between a government for Taiwanese or a government representing the Chinese colonialism.
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