anti-communist struggle, chiang ching-kuo, douglas macarthur, taiwan, west point military academy

How Chiang Ching-kuo Developed His Anti-Communist Stance (Part 2)

Despite a harsh life in Russia, Chiang Ching-kuo never gave up on the hope that one day he would return to China. Eventually, when the war between China and Japan was imminent in 1937, the shift in the international political climate allowed him to return to China as Stalin hoped to form an anti-Japanese alliance with ...

Helen London

Chiang Kai-shek (right), Yuan Fu Mao Fumei (left), mother Wang Caiyu (center), and Chiang Ching-kuo (front).

How Chiang Ching-kuo Developed His Anti-Communist Stance (Part 1)

Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988) was the eldest son of Chiang Kai-shek and served two terms as President of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. He was a renowned political leader internationally. According to polls, more than half the people in Taiwan consider him to be the greatest president they ever had ...

Helen London

Chiang Ching-kuo (left) and his father Chiang Kai-shek (right).