The Jingmei Detention center in Taipei was were many Taiwanese political "insurgents" were held by the KMT for many years. Vice President Annette Liu is only one of the several who have spent time there. Jingmei was recently opened to the public and houses a permanent exhibit on the Human Rights and Democracy movements in Taiwan and overseas. It is staffed by dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers who answer questions and show visitors around the complex.
In fact, the important part is the small words in the righthand side, not the large characters. It states that all prisoners of the jail, in addition to the staff, were thankful to Chiang Kai-shek for his grand kindness and hence paid to build the pavilion to show their gratitude. The obvious absurdity here is that these were people who had been grossly mistreated and humiliated by Chiang, but were forced to express their gratitude to him in such a display.
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