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CKS Memorial Hall Bears Witness to History: Taipei’s Architectural Trilogy Part Two - S4-E6
In the previous episode, we told you how these three rather stunning neo-classical Chinese buildings came to exist. This week, we’re looking at them through a “culture and society” lens. The massive statue of Chiang Kai-shek remains on its pedestal at the CKS Memorial Hall.
A place built to venerate a dictator, however, became the site of the Wild Lily protests demanding a democratic Taiwan in 1990, the year after tanks answered calls for freedom in a square in Beijing.
We’ll look at what the National Theater and Concert Hall (NTCH) offers visitors, and finally, how do you bring a…
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