Taiwan has 1,235 monuments, statues, sculptures and large-frame portraits commemorating the two Chiangs, commission Chairwoman Yang Tsui (楊翠) said, adding that of those, 511 fall under the central government’s jurisdiction, and only 54 have been removed or renamed. There are also 579 memorial sites and office spaces named in remembrance of them. A Chiang Kai-shek statue stands at the Cihu Memorial Sculpture Park in Taoyuan’s Dasi District on June 3. Taipei has the most statues of Chiang Kai-shek at 129, followed by Taoyuan at 112 and Taichung at 98, it added. The three ministries also have the highest number of office spaces and sites dedicated to the two Chiangs at 143, or 89 percent.

Source: Taipei Times July 11, 2020 15:56 UTC