Pro-Taiwan independent activists
Title: | Pro-Taiwan independent activists |
Artist: | Yeh, Sam |
Created: | 25 October 2008 |
Media: | photograph |
Source: | Getty Images |
Notes: | As part of the 'quJianghua' (De-Chiang Kai-shek-ification) campaign that reached a peak in Taiwan in 2008, standard official portraits of Chiang were often defaced by those in Taiwan who sought to have Chiang's name and legacy removed from the island. |
Further Reading: | Jeremy E. Taylor, 'Qujianghua: Disposing of and Re-appraising the Remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's reign on Taiwan', Journal of Contemporary History 45.1 (2010.1): 181-196. |