Chiang Kai-shek

A community portal about Chiang Kai-shek with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang after the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen. He began his military education at the Baoding Military Academy, in 1906, attended the Military State Academy in Japan in 1907. Chiang Kai-shek served in the Imperial Japanese Army from 1909 to 1911. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and emerged victorious in 1928 as the overall leader of the Republic of China. Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which Chiang's stature within China weakened, but his international prominence grew. During the Chinese Civil War, Chiang attempted to eradicate the Chinese Communists, but ultimately failed, forcing his government to retreat to Taiwan, where he continued serving as the President of the Republic of China and Director-General of the KMT for the remainder of his life.

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Taiwan's young democracy struggles with gangsters

From: ap.org

Revelations that Taiwanese Premier Wu Den-yih traveled abroad with a former gangster have excited great interest among this island's sensation-seeking media, but left few of its 23 million people gaping in surprise. Taiwan's six round-the clock cable TV news stations and its mass circulation newspapers have given prominent play to Wu's trip to the Indonesian resort of Bali last December with convicted murderer Chiang Chin-liang, a reputed extortionist and international gunrunner who was... Read Full Story

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Taiwan - Blue hour over Ceremonial gateway at the entrance to the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial

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From: flickr.com

© Lucie's Photography / www.luciedebelkova.com posted a photo: The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. It is located in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. The monument, surrounded by a park, stands at the east end of the Gate of Great Centrality and Perfect Uprightness. The structure is framed on the north and south by the National Theater and National Concert Hall. The entire plaza... Read Full Story

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C.K.S. Culture Center in Taipei

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From: postcardexchange.net

Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center is located within The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall hall complex. CKS Cultural Center is the name for the organization that includes the National Theater and National Concert Hall, Taiwan’s two top performing arts venues. Completed and opened in 1987, the theater and concert hall have served as two bookends to the memorial hall. Find new friends and penpals from Taiwan The ponds and parks surrounding the memorial and cultural centers feature... Read Full Story

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Mao and Chiang heirs bridge gap

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From: news.bbc.co.uk

The grand-children of former combatants over the fate of China, Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek, meet in Taiwan. Read Full Story

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FDR And Chiang Kai-Shek Said Tibet Belonged To China

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From: theimpudentobserver.com

In a surprising move, the Chinese government resurrected World War II correspondence between the hated Chiang kai-Shek and President Roosevelt to prove the United States has always backed China’s right to Tibet. It quotes a communication between Roosevelt and Churchill which has FDR saying: “I asked Churchill why did he mention Tibet at all, and he replied that Britain had no intention to occupy the region. I then said Tibet had been part of China since imperial times and it is now part of... Read Full Story

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A Lengthy Analysis of China: The Status of Taiwan Part 1

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From: forumforforeignaffairs.blogspot.com

Post 4 of an 11 part essay on how the recent unrest in Tibet is a barometer of the various internal issues and the international pressure that China is struggling to deal with. In addition to Tibet and Xinjiang, another, somewhat more complicated territorial dispute involving sovereignty over Taiwan has been a tremendous burden for China, particularly internationally, where it has been one of the most sensitive global foreign policy issues of the last 60 years. Like Tibet and Xinjiang and... Read Full Story

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Taiwan returns Chiang to memorial

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From: news.bbc.co.uk

Taiwan restores the name of the island's former ruler, Chiang Kai-shek, to a memorial hall, less than two years after it was removed. Read Full Story

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Welcome to our blog about Chiang Kai-shek

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This is our group blog, which is unique because any Zimbio member can post an entry to it. Some members blog about recent news and trends related to the portal topic, others recount relevant personal stories. You can also comment on and rate existing blog entries, to voice your opinion and to help the community identify which members and entries on the portal are must-reads. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this portal? Well, then put on your journalist's cap... Read Full Story

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