Uploaded by dartoolee on Aug 4, 2009
On July 20, 2009, the Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (台灣民主紀念館) was reverted to the CKS Hall by Ma Ying-jeou's ROC government, to commemorate the expired authoritarian Chiang Kai-shek who had butchered tens of thousands of Taiwan residents.
The Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall was dedicated by President Chen Shui-Bian on Jan. 1, 2008; its previous name was the CKS Memorial Hall before 2008.
During the presidential election campaign of 2008, Ma Ying-jeou (a Harvard graduate) had promised to Taiwan voters that he would hold extensive civil discussions on the subject of the naming of this "Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall" before his future government made any change. But Ma did not keep his promise. Without the support of the majority opinions on this serious renaming issue, Ma's regime went ahead and reinstated the "CKS Memorial Hall" plate to commemorate the foreign authoritarian in Taiwan!
Note: The background music is mixed with a song "I have a dream" written by Dr. Zheng C.-R. (鄭智仁醫師).
Refs:
1. "Transitional justice":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_justice
2. "Taiwan 228 Massacre in 1947":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/228_Incident
3. "Returning to dictatorship under the KMT":
http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/2009/07/returning-to-dictatorship-under-kmt...
4. "白色恐怖":
http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E7%99%BD%E8%89%B2%E6%81%90%E6%80%9...
5. "拆換匾 民主退位 中正堂復辟":
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/jul/21/today-fo3.htm
6."中正堂復名 學者批民主倒退":
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/jul/6/today-p1.htm
7. "中正堂復名 羞辱受難者":
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/jul/16/today-fo1.htm
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