Friday, August 21, 2009

chiang ching-kuo, iconography mao-style

I found this postcard featuring an image of Chiang Ching-kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek, at a bookstore in Taipei. The Chiangs bequeathed Taiwan a complicated legacy--they are at turns admired and despised. I thought this image, which imagines Chiang Ching-kuo as a pop culture icon, was interesting.

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