While leadership says new Loyalty Hall name highlights army ethos, opposition accuses DPP of politicising military and rewriting history.

Taiwan’s army has renamed the main auditorium of its headquarters in what is widely seen as another move by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government to erase the legacy of late Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek and the island’s historical ties to mainland China. The auditorium, known for decades as Chiang Kai-shek Hall, has been retitled Loyalty Hall, according to the Army Command Headquarters. The change sparked uproar from opposition lawmakers, who accused the government of quietly…

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