Several hundred demonstrated today against the continued existence of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial. In particular, demonstrators called for the dismantling of the memorial, with the view that Taiwan does not need a monument to an authoritarian dictator in the present day...
Yesterday marked the 79th anniversary of the 228 Massacre. often seen as the start of Taiwan’s White Terror. Yet close to eighty years later, one notes that Taiwan has in many ways failed to heed the lessons of 228—this in spite of Taiwan’s democratization...
In an unusual series of events, KMT chair Eric Chu has doubled down on comparisons between the Nazis and the current DPP government after a condemnation issued by the German Institute Taipei. The German Institute Taipei is Germany’s representative office in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations...
Sung Chien-liang, the leader of the KMT’s efforts to recall DPP legislator Lee Kun-cheng, has sparked controversy after appearing in court wearing a Nazi uniform. Sung was photographed making a Roman salute, also known as a Nazi salute, and holding a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf...
On the 78th anniversary of the 228 Massacre, the struggle for historical memory still continues in Taiwan. Namely, efforts by the KMT to deny its past atrocities continue...
Some feverish media reporting in English, from pan-Blue-leaning media outlets or journalists, has honed in on the prospect of the 760 remaining statues of Chiang Kai-shek being removed from public spaces. This is claimed to be a move likely to provoke China, in that Chiang is seen as a figure associated with China–this despite, of course, that Chiang and the KMT came to Taiwan after their military defeat by the CCP in the Chinese Civil War...
On the 77th anniversary of the 228 Massacre, usually remembered as the start of the White Terror, it proves important to remember the long path that remains for transitional justice in Taiwan...
Around 100 individuals demonstrated in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial on October 30th, calling for the demolition of the memorial as part of efforts to realize transitional justice in Taiwan...
On the 76th anniversary of the 228 Massacre, commemorations were held to memorialize the event, traditionally viewed as the start of the decades-long White Terror that followed. This includes many events held annually, such as the Gongsheng Music Festival–the indie rock festival held on Ketagalan Boulevard organized by civil society groups–as well as commemorations by the government. Nevertheless, the anniversary of the 228 Massacre should point to how the pan-Blue camp in Taiwan has generally sought to avoid reckoning with its authoritarian past...
