Or is it the Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall? The name of this place is a subject of some controversy. Anyway, this is a noteworthy item because it is the largest thing in Taiwan besides Taipei 101. Taipei 101 is an economic monument, appropriate because Taiwan does have a giant economy. But the political monuments in Taiwan tend to be small, and the reason this one is an exception is because Gen. Chiang considered himself the legitimate ruler of all China.
But if the renaming faction wants to dissociate this imposing structure from the legacy of Generalissimo Chiang, they have a lot of work to do:
The whimsical decorations you see in this picture are actually part of that process, which has at various points progressed pretty far actually:
The words on the hat read "Greatest Man in the World Ever," and are meant satirically.
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