President, Dictator or just a dick?
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Constance Collier, Osoyoos, B.C.
I looked up Constance Collier (1878-1955). Born in Windsor, England, Collier was "known to be very tall with a big personality." S...
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Banks in Taiwan generally refuse "foreigners" credit cards. I guess they're afraid they won't be able to recoup money (I w...
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Images of Taipei during World War II I received an informative letter today, from L.C. (I think he lives in Japan) via eyedoc, who runs ... -
I came across an interesting article from June 10th, 1946 in Time , the magazine that made Chiang Kai-shek and Song May-lin "Man and Wo...
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Dick? My hat's off to President Chen, whose office has been quietly removing symbols of Chiang Kai-shek. A couple of weeks ago, Chaing Kai-shek International Airport's name was changed to Taoyuan Airport. The China Post quoted Premier Su Tseng-chang with it's to "understand clearer that this is Taiwan."
The opposition's attempts to unseat a popularly elected president shows that a memory of Chiang still lingers and this is still the understanding the world is getting.
Correction: "Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport." This was the original name intended until Chiang's son Chiang Jing-kuo intervened.
The papers mention a certain "then transport minister Lin Chin-sheng (林金生)" making an intervention.
I'm sure he felt strongly about the issue. I wonder if the butt-kisser is still around.
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