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Former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) showed his greatness in ending martial law despite his background and connection to the authoritarian government, former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday at the opening of a park in honor of Chiang. The Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park (經國七海文化園區) in Taipei’s Dazhi (大直) area includes Chiang’s former home — known as the Seven Seas Residence (七海寓所) — and the Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library. It is the first library dedicated to the commemoration of a president in Taiwan and holds great historic ...

The Lee Teng-hui Foundation yesterday said that it hopes soon to sign a memorandum of understanding with National Taiwan University (NTU) to establish a memorial library dedicated to former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝). The foundation in July last year announced that the university had agreed to house a memorial library to Lee at its College of Law building on Xuzhou Road in Taipei. Unlike the Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library, opened yesterday at the Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park (經國七海文化園區) in Taipei’s Dazhi (大直) area, which was funded through the Chiang Chin...

FAIR JUDGEMENT: Chiang Ching-kuo’s defense of Taiwan unites many Taiwanese, and his presidential library would help people understand the nation’s past, Tsai saidBy Yang Hsin-hui and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

CHERRY-PICKED HISTORY: A site that credits Chiang Ching-kuo with liberal reforms and the end of martial law ignores his involvement in the White Terror, the commission saidBy Lee Hsin-fang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Taipei City Government is glorifying authoritarianism with today’s opening of a heritage site to honor former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), the Transitional Justice Commission said yesterday. The Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park (經國七海文化園區) in Taipei’s Dazhi (大直) area, jointly built and operated by the city government and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, features Chiang’s diaries and paintings, among other items. The site’s installations do not address Chiang’s role in the White Terror era, the commission said, addi...