oh Taiwan's history is a huge mess. It's technically not even independent
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we have to talk around it so as not to make China angry, etc
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There were and still are serious social problems but it was easy to ignore thanks to the austanding oil revenues.
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yeah, bad governments can be propped up by natural resources, like Chile's copper mines
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In Venezuela, it starts with Bolivar. Every city in the country has its main street and main square named after him.
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right, and in the early days of the US they almost made a god out of Washington
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and you see Chiang Kai Shek's face everywhere in Taiwan
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Very interesting to know that is still around in Taiwan, I thought it had been slowly phasing out since the 90's.
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oh well the political climate in Taiwan is highly liberalized, but the old guard is still there
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they've turned Chiang Kai Shek into a fashion imprint, the CKS brand
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I was kind of surprised by it when I visited last year
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