TAIPEI: A statue of Taiwan’s former leader Chiang Kai-shek was beheaded in another sign of growing fears over Chinese influence on the island as it marked the anniversary of a 1947 massacre that left thousands dead, reports said Sunday.
The massacre came after Chiang ordered his army to quell an uprising known as the 2/28 incident, sparked when an inspector beat a local female trader in Taipei for selling untaxed cigarettes.
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