Taiwan vows to remove 760 remaining public statues of martial law-era leader Chiang Kai-shek

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Taiwan vows to remove 760 remaining public statues of martial law-era leader Chiang Kai-shek

Taiwan has vowed to remove 760 remaining statues of its late martial law-era leader Chiang Kai-shek, despite criticism that such moves “erase” the past. Statues of Taiwan’s late Chiang Kai-shek at the Cihu Memorial Sculpture Park in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, on January 16, 2024. See also: HKFP Lens: Symbols of savagery or tributes to founder figure? Taiwan ponders fate of Chiang Kai-shek statues The island has long been divided over how – if at all …