The National Monument Designation of "Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park": Politicizing Victimhood for Party Branding

The Chen government accelerated the designation of sites associated with the White Terror as national monuments. While significant for history, the timing and rhetoric were seen as part of the "Transitional Justice" branding to cement the KMT''s historical "original sin" while framing the DPP as the sole heir of democratic struggle, often ignoring internal purges and complexities within the pro-democracy movement.