Word: chiangs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...years she was in the news almost daily. When she made a triumphal tour of the U.S., millions came to see & hear her. A year ago, ill and exhausted, she retired from public life, 10,000 miles from her homeland. Last week Mme. Chiang Kai-shek was nearing the end of her retirement, and looking forward...
...Chiang's health has greatly improved. She originally left China on the advice of her American physician, who told her she would never recover in Chungking's humid climate. At that time there were also rumors of a rift with the Gissimo, but they were effectively spiked. When cool weather sets in again, she intends to go back and resume her place as China's first lady...
...Chinese people (who called him "Old Leatherface") and to American airmen in his command, the news marked the end of a great era. Closer to Chiang Kai-shek than any U.S. military man, Chennault had, said one Chinese, "endeared himself to China more than any other foreigner since Marco Polo." Said one U.S. pilot: "We would rather fight with Chennault than any other man in the world...
Retired from the Army in 1937 because of ill health, Chennault went forthwith to China, at Madame Chiang's request, plunged immediately into building up Chinese air power from a handful of outdated planes. His first big success came in 1941, when he formed the famed, spectacular American Volunteer Group ("Flying Tigers"), which shot down 297 Jap planes at a cost of 14 pilots...
...meant that the Communists are now not only rejecting the current People's Political Council in Chungking as a representative body of opinion, but are going further and establishing a parallel Communist council. It means that, as of today, the Communists no longer consider the promise of Chiang Kai-shek nor his proponent national assembly as an adequate program for unity; and that they are on their own preparing to establish another national assembly. This would be based on the millions of people and vast areas that pay allegiance to their own standards. At the end of this long...