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A Taiwanese soldier takes part in the changing of the guard ceremony outside the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on July 15, 2024. Soldiers stopped performing elaborate changing of the guard ceremonies around a statue of late president Chiang Kai-shek to avoid “worshipping authoritarianism”, the government said on July 12. The changing of the guard there each hour is a major tourist draw, but starting July 15, the ceremony was moved outdoors to Democracy Boulevard, which leads to Chiang's eponymous blue-and-white memorial hall -- one of the island's most recognisable landmarks. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng/AFP Phot)
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