The image of Chiang Kai-shek, the leader who had disappeared from the mainland, and that of Mao Zedong, appear side by side on matchboxes, at a souvenir stand in the night market. This is the most bizarre picture in Jinghong. Would either of the political leaders know that the fire they lit together with the same matches some 50 years ago continue to burn the hearts and souls of all exiled Kuomintang soldiers to this day? Jinghong, China. December 23, 2007. Part of the photo feature, Exiled Kuomintang in Thailand, by Patcharin Toraktrakul.

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