Word: chen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nanking, meanwhile, amid vain attempts at secrecy, Foreign Minister Wu Te-chen conferred separately with the U.S., British, French and Soviet ambassadors. His purpose was not made clear, but it was obvious that China was asking for international mediation of the-civil...
...some sort of an interim government could be patched up, Vice President Li would probably take over the presidency. The Gimo might retire to Formosa. Last week, as though in readiness, his trusted former chief of staff, General Chen Cheng became governor of the island. Chiang's elder son, Ching-kuo, became the Kuomintang provincial chairman in Formosa...
...Premier was flanked by two of his "policymaking" ministers without portfolio-swarthy ex-Premier Chang Chun and puckish General Chang Chih-chung, both outspoken advocates of peace (and presumably coalition) with the Communists. Temporarily absent were two other policymakers-Sun's predecessor, Geologist Wong Wen-hao, and Conservative Chen Li-fu, chief whipping boy of Communist propagandists...
What terms would Nationalist China accept? Chen Li-fu glumly summed up last week: "One of three avenues must open before peace can be explored: the government must make a bid-it hasn't yet formally discussed the possibility. The Communists must make a bid-why should they when they're winning? Failing one of these, a third party must offer mediation-what chance is there of such an offer? And yet our situation is very critical...
Early this week Sun Fo finally succeeded in forming a cabinet. It contained some known to favor appeasing the Communists, but it also contained thoroughly anti-Communist Chen Li-fu. Observers recalled, however, that Chen has long opposed the Gimo's campaign to wipe out Communism in North China. Chen wanted to organize a strong anti-Communist free China south of the Yangtze...