Thursday, October 20, 2011

Names of Roads in Taiwan

Roads in Taiwan, like many other countries in the world, contain political and historical interpretations. Many major roads are named using Confucian morals (such as loyalty 忠孝 and honor 信義), names of Chinese cities and places in Mainland China (such as Nanjing 南京, Hangzhou 杭州, and Xuzhou 徐州), and names of "great men" found in Sun Yat-sen 中山, Chiang Kai-shek 中正, and (Franklin D.) Roosevelt 羅斯福路.

Many street names in the U.S. are named after presidents. I wonder what the names of these streets were before the arrival of the Chinese Nationalist Party in Taiwan.

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