Taiwan downgrades Chiang Kai-shek’s mausoleum to ‘camp area’ as it grapples with legacy
Taiwan downgrades Chiang Kai-shek’s mausoleum to ‘camp area’ as it grapples with legacy
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Taiwan downgrades Chiang Kai-shek’s mausoleum as it grapples with legacy
Chiang Kai-shek’s mausoleum has officially been consigned to history, with Taiwan’s military reclassifying the site in the city of Taoyuan as a “camp area” – the latest move by the island’s independence-leaning authorities to erase the legacy of the former Kuomintang (KMT) leader.
The mausoleum of Chiang’s son and successor, Chiang Ching-kuo, located just 2.2km (1.4 miles) from his father’s tomb, was also reclassified, according to a notice issued by the island’s defence ministry on April 22.