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The Power of Mao, Multiplied

By HOLLAND COTTER

In the flashy new China, Mao Zedong’s face remains omnipresent. Above, a postcard depicting Mao’s Beijing mausoleum, which is a major tourist attraction.

Chiang kai-shek mausoleum reopens to tourists

Authorities in Taiwan are reopening one of its biggest tourist
attractions, the mausoleum of its late dictator Chiang Kai-shek. The
mausoleum was closed last December because the then ruling
Democratic Progressive Party said democratic Taiwan should stop
honouring a dictator. But many in the incoming ruling Nationalist
Party say Chiang blocked a communist invasion and contributed to
Taiwan's security and economic development. Chiang ruled Taiwan with
an iron grip after his Nationalists were defeated by Mao Zedong's
communists in China and fled to the island in 1949.







慈湖與大溪頭寮兩蔣陵寢mausoleum昨天重新開放，

dictator Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 MAINLY DISAPPROVING a leader who has complete power in a country and has not been elected by the people

2 HUMOROUS OR DISAPPROVING a person who gives orders and behaves as if they have complete power:
My boss is a bit of a dictator.

flee Hide phonetics
verb [I or T; never passive] fleeing, fled, fled
to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear:
She fled (from) the room in tears.
In order to escape capture, he fled to the mountains.

mausoleum

(mô'sə-lē'əm, -zə-)

n. - 壯麗的墳墓, 陰森森的大廈, 陵墓

日本語 (Japanese)
━━ n. （pl. ～s, mau・so・lea ） 霊廟(びょう), 御陵; （the M-） マウソレイオン ((古代の小アジアHalicarnassusにあったCaria王Mausolusの霊廟；古代の世界七不思議の一つ)).

n., pl. -le·ums or -le·a (-lē'ə).

1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
2. A gloomy, usually large room or building.

[Middle English, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Greek Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, Mausolus (died c. 353 B.C.), Persian satrap of Caria whose tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.]

Taiwan closes Chiang Kai-shek mausoleum pending reburial

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AIPEI, Taiwan - Authorities closed the mausoleum of Taiwan's late leader Chiang Kai-shek on Monday as part of the governing party's vigorous campaign to diminish Chiang's legacy.

The Defence Ministry ordered guards to pull out and closed the spacious mausoleum in Taoyuan in northern Taiwan, shutting out dozens of people hoping to pay their respects.

Chiang ruled Taiwan with an iron grip after his Nationalists were defeated by Mao Zedong's Communists on the mainland in 1949. His 1975 burial in the mausoleum was meant to be temporary - until the Nationalists could one day return to rule the mainland.

On Sunday, President Chen Shui-bian told a political rally closing the mausoleum would save taxpayers' money.

Chen's Democratic Progressive party has led a campaign to wipe out the late leader's legacy, including renaming the Chiang Kai-shek international airport Taoyuan Airport. Authorities also renamed a park commemorating Chiang in the capital Taipei.

DPP officials say the democratic island should stop honouring a dictator. But many members of the Nationalist party - now the main opposition - say Chiang blocked a communist invasion and contributed to the island's security and economic development.

Chen's government plans to rebury Chiang's remains at a military cemetery near Taipei. But some of his relatives objected, saying Chiang should be buried in his hometown in China's eastern Zhejiang Province.

The Herberts have decided to create a foundation that will take over their collection. "Time is running so fast, and we have an obsession with the news of the new," Herbert said. "But in art, what has been done is necessary for what's going on. We don't want to create a mausoleum foundation. We want to use it as a way of ensuring the continuity of art history."