election that beijing has called a choice between peace and war. china considers taiwan part of its own territory and it s been accused of interfering in the vote. but taiwan is a democracy, and its people are free to choose the government they want. our asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes reports. there was a time when statues greeted you wherever you went on this island. today, the generalissimo is a rare sight. hundreds of his statues have been stashed away here at this riverside park south of taipei. this 94 year old isn t happy about what s being done to the legacy of his former leader. as a young soldier, fan led china with chang in 19119. a young soldier, fan led china with chang in 1919. but he s never stopped feeling chinese. translation: taiwan is a province. it is still a part of china. slowly, the differences between us will narrow until we are the same. then, we can
you re live with bbc news. taiwan will choose a new president this coming weekend, in an election that china has called a choice between peace and war. china considers taiwan part of its own territory and it s been accused of interfering in the vote. but taiwan is a democracy, and its people are free to choose the government they want. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes reports. there was a time when statues of chang kai shek greeted you wherever you went on this island. today, the generalissimo is a rare sight. hundreds of his statues have been stashed away here at this riverside park, south of taipei. 94 year old fan shinjong isn t happy about what s being done to the legacy of his former leader. as a young soldier, fan fled china with chang in191l9, but he has never stopped feeling chinese. translation: taiwan is a province. - it is still a part of china.
on this island. today, the generalissimo is a rare sight. hundreds of his statues have been stashed away here at this riverside park, south of taipei. 94 year old fan shinjong isn t happy about what s being done to the legacy of his former leader. as a young soldier, fan fled china with chang in 1949, but he has never stopped feeling chinese. translation: taiwan is a province. it is still a part of china. slowly, the differences between us will narrow until we are the same. then we can achieve unification. chang kai shek tried to turn taiwan into a mini version of the china he left behind. people here were taught there was no such thing as being taiwanese. this enormous memorial to chang kai shek still dominates the centre of taipei. the centre of taipei, but his project to turn taiwanese people into citizens of china ultimately failed.
there was a time when statues of chang kai shek greeted you wherever you went on this island. today, the generalissimo is a rare sight. hundreds of his statues have been stashed away here at this riverside park, south of taipei. 94 year old fan shinjong isn t happy about what s being done to the legacy of his former leader. as a young soldier, fan fled china with chang in 1949, but he has never stopped feeling chinese. translation: taiwan is a province. it is still a part of china. slowly, the differences between us will narrow until we are the same. then we can achieve unification. chang kai shek tried to turn taiwan into a mini version of the china he left behind. people here were taught there was no such thing as being taiwanese. this enormous memorial to chang kai shek still dominates the center of taipei. but his project to turn taiwanese
generalissimo fled to taiwan after being generalissimo fled to taiwan after being defeated. in 1979 the only united being defeated. in 1979 the only united states made the right choice of abandoning taiwan, severing diplomatic recognition with taiwan, withdrawing all troops, us troops from withdrawing all troops, us troops from taiwan, and advocating the us and taiwan from taiwan, and advocating the us and taiwan defence treaty. if the united and taiwan defence treaty. if the united states want to make the wrong bets now united states want to make the wrong bets now they will lose china. if the united states wants to have the rest of the united states wants to have the rest of the the united states wants to have the rest of the world to lose china, it is a fantasy rest of the world to lose china, it is a fantasy. it will never be recognised. it is a generally accepted principle that there is only one accepted principle that there is only one china, and taiwan as part