Military dependents' village

Over the years, many military dependents' villages have suffered from problems such as housing dereliction, abandonment, urban decay, and becoming slums.

Following the passage of the Act for Rebuilding Old Quarters for Military Dependents in 1996,[1][2] the government began an aggressive program of demolishing these villages and replacing them with highrises, giving the residents rights to live in the new apartments.

Hence brick construction or reinforced brick-built, low level juàncūn properties had been comparatively derelict, especially within inner urban area.

Also, out of patriotism and anti-Communism, residents of the military dependents' village, sharing the same professionalism, could usually build their own sense of community through frequent social networking.

Because the salary of soldiers was low at that time, the government provided educational assistance, medical treatment, and daily necessities like rice, flour, salad, and so forth, to supplement their living, which could be received only by showing a certain certificate as evidence.

They either hoped to regroup, rearm, and then retake the mainland with US assistance, or feared that Communist armies would press on and take Taiwan too.

Juàncūn has now been the focus of dynamic architectural, political and cultural debate shaped by tensions between different collective memories as well as conflicting interests and visions of what the new urban landscape of 'new' Taiwan should be.