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An exhibit at Taipei’s Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall showcases work by artist Chen Wu-jen (陳武鎮), a survivor of the White Terror era.
At the age of 20, Chen was charged with sedition and jailed after scribbling anti-government phrases on the back of an aptitude test for new military conscripts as he was about to start his compulsory service.
Released two years later, Chen spent the next 20 years under government surveillance. During this time, he became an art teacher, but only painted portraits and landscapes out of fear of being imprisoned again.
Recalling his prison experience, Chen said that one evening, he ....

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