Archway of Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei

Taiwan has a fascinating history: After WWII, the Japanese Colony was returned to China, where the government of Chiang Kai Shek was fighting Mao and his communist rebels. After loosing the civil war, Chiang Kai Shek moved the government to Taipei. Since then, both the governments of China (officially People's Republic of China) and Taiwan (officially Republic of China) claim to rule over both countries. While in the 1950s Chiang Kai Shek's supporters were dreaming of reconquering China, today it's mostly China that wants to bring Taiwan under its control. Taipei's impressive monument, the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall, is an interesting place to learn about the complicated history.