Found one in Chiayi, Taipei and now Tainan.
Can someone please explain this.
Thanks,
D
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There’s one in Shilin in Taipei too.
Maybe they like French things 
Maybe its a conspiracy to give a portion of the revenues to New Jersey in the USA.
We (Taiwanese) love freedom, and the statue of liberty is therefor something we can flirt with.
Tacky notion that by surrounding oneself with random western objets d’ art one acquires a veneer of sophistication, much like the silly man who lives downstairs from me who has furnished his apartment in faux Elizabethan furniture and cheap replicas of romantic classical statutes.
Trying to make Chiayi and Shihlin appear grander than they really are.
Just got a PM from someone who called me naive and provincial cause I didnt know that there were many of these all over the world now. Oh please! From the number of views here I am guessing that there are many people who are curious as to why, so no more stupid pm’s please. He/she wasnt even bold enough to post their reply on the board. jerk!
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On my many trips around the world, I have only seen the statue of liberty in 2 places - Shilin and new york harbor. The one in new york is the biggest one.
You haven’t been to Paris? The one there is pretty easy to spot.
Banqiao has a mini Mount Rushmore on top of a long-closed pub. 
There’s one in Paris?
All right, I just thought that the tower was what they has of Gustave Eiffel’s work there.
There was one in ‘Democracy Square’ during the protests last month. You could also see it in TianAnMen Square in '89. The Chinese, here and on the mainland, call it ‘The Goddess of Liberty’ It’s an image of freedom.
Nope. The one you are thinking of on top of the building near Chiang Kai-shek’s old house was taken down at least a year ago.
Don’t get up that way much, do we now?
[quote=“Mother Theresa”]Tacky notion that by surrounding oneself with random western objets d’ art one acquires a veneer of sophistication, much like the silly man who lives downstairs from me who has furnished his apartment in faux Elizabethan furniture and cheap replicas of romantic classical statutes.
Trying to make Chiayi (Jiayi) and Shilin appear grander than they really are.[/quote]
I’m with MT on this one. This “western objets d’ art” stuff striving to give Taipei a “veneer of sophistication” annoys the hell out of me. Like when I saw Ritz crackers prominently displayed on the “specially imported” shelf at Jason’s Market in the Taipei 101 mall.
I’m with MT on this one. This “western objets d’ art” stuff striving to give Taipei a “veneer of sophistication” annoys the hell out of me. Like when I saw Ritz crackers prominently displayed on the “specially imported” shelf at Jason’s Market in the Taipei 101 mall.[/quote]
What really amused me was they were giving ‘tastings’ of Just Juice, the stuff that always got packed in my lunch box and tasted foul from being warm by lunch time (yes, they really should have been frozen beforehand…).
But the faux sophistication thing is equally alive and well in the West - a Balinese statue here, a Chinese cabinet there, a ‘French provincial’ table in the kitchen, an African wooden carving in the living room. Sometimes they’re souvenirs, sometimes just bought to look good. And imported soy sauce and peanut oil in the ‘exotic tastes of the East’ shelf at the supermarket. Not much difference if you ask me Only of course, we’re so much more tasteful about it, daahling 
Yeah, I think it would look tacky too, but I guess it’s not us they’re trying to impress.
dassgirl, it’s a faux world we’re living in now. Nothing is authentic anymore. It’s all the fault of branding. I hate branding!
dassgirl,
You seem to be confusing tasteful with tasteless.
[quote=“Fox”]dassgirl,
You seem to be confusing tasteful with tasteless.[/quote]
Not only that, but I have no idea what you’re trying to say. As far as I’m concerned I was talking about the act of borrowing to look sophisticated, not the aesthetics of the end result, which surely depend on the individual doing it.
My theory is that the Lady Liberty in Shilin was moved to the NY NY by the Warner Village.
Nope. The one you are thinking of on top of the building near Chiang Kai-shek’s old house was taken down at least a year ago.
Don’t get up that way much, do we now?[/quote]Nope 