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Politician of the Republic of China
- Chiang Ching-kuo (/ ˈtʃæŋtʃɪŋˈkwəʊ / Jiang Jing Guo, 27 April [note 1] 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China. The eldest and only biological son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China and ended martial law in 1987.
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Chiang Ching-kuo was appointed as commissioner of Gannan Prefecture ( 贛南) between 1939 and 1945; there he banned smoking, gambling and prostitution, studied governmental management, allowed for economic expansion and a change in social outlook.
Chiang Ching-kuo (born March 18, 1910, Fenghua, Zhejiang province, China—died Jan. 13, 1988, Taipei, Taiwan) was the son of Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi), and his successor as leader of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Dec 10, 2014 · Chiang Ching-kuo was a rare dictator who willingly initiated a peaceful transition to democracy. By Yang Hengjun. December 10, 2014. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In the 1960s, a U.S. senator...
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In 1937, after spending 12 years in the former Soviet Union, Chiang returned to China. Stalin decided to release him because the KMT under his father's leadership had just agreed to a second united front with the CCP in order to fight against the Japanese aggression. Upon return, Chiang spent one year in Fenghua with his mother (who was later kille...
In 1975 President Chiang Kai-shek died. As the political strong-man in Taiwan, Chiang Ching-kuo succeeded his father as KMT party chairman, and, following the presidency of C. K. Yen (who had been Chiang Kai-shek's vice-president and became his immediate successor upon his death), was elected in his own right to be president of the Republic of Chin...
There is no English-language publication on Chiang. The most reliable Chinese publication is Chiang Nan, Chiang Ching-kuo chuan(A Biography of Chiang Ching-kuo) (1985).
Newsweek,January 25, 1988. The Economist,January 16, 1988. Time,June 1, 1987; July 27, 1987. Forbes,August 11, 1986. □
Jan 14, 1988 · President Chiang Ching-kuo of Taiwan died of a heart attack yesterday, ending a four-decade era in which Chinese who fled the mainland in 1949 were the prime leaders of the island nation. His...
Jan 7, 2018 · Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) ruled Taiwan under martial law with an iron fist for three decades, but by the time Chiang Ching-kuo took over in 1978, he faced a vastly different political landscape.
Chiang Ching-kuo. (1910—1988) Quick Reference. (b. 18 Mar. 1910, d. 13 Jan. 1988). President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) 1978–88 Born in Fengwah, he studied at the University of Shanghai, and was then sent by his father, Chiang Kai‐shek, to study at the Sun Yat‐sen University in Moscow.
