The building design — brilliant, white stone walls and a roof of orange, ceramic tiles — bears a striking resemblance to Taipei monuments like the Grand Hotel, National Concert Hall and Chiang ...

Officially, they served under the Taipei command of Chiang Kai-shek, who believed he would one day retake the Chinese mainland and insisted on keeping the KMT units as a spearhead on Mao Zedong’s (毛澤東 ...

After almost 80 days of uninterrupted fighting against the Japanese invaders in August of 1937, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ordered the retreat of the Chinese National Army from Zhabei and ...

When they get around to Formosa, they urge Chiang Kai-shek to pull his troops off Quemoy and Matsu, and say: “This could lead to the reconsideration at an appropriate moment both of Chinese ...

The Last Retreat. Last week Communist ... Chiang Kai-shek does not believe this is one of the possibilities open to him or to the world, no matter how much well-intentioned diplomats try to bring ...

During World War II, the Nationalists, led by Chiang Kai-shek, were an important U.S. ally; following the end of the war, the United States backed Chiang in his fight against Mao Zedong’s ...

Under former presidents Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), to maintain a military of 600,000 soldiers and “a sky full of stars,” they appointed a bunch of high-ranking officers who had ...

It offers a glimpse into the area’s past as a hot spring retreat for the Japanese. ... Chiang Kai-Shek Shilin Residence and Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. Ok, so there are two venues here.

From dusty Nanking streets, sleek limousines converged on a plain brick residence in the spacious Ministry of National Defense compound. It was Friday afternoon; by 2 o'clock Generalissimo Chiang ...

When Chiang Kai-shek’s army took Juichin, its capital, in 1934, ... 1934, before Chiang Kai-shek’s army got wind of their retreat. With them went thousands of peasants, ...