Word: chiangs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Their prayer started traditionally enough: "We come with fragrant flowers and sweet wine to pray. . . ." Then came the political snapper: "No matter how American imperialism exerts itself, the children of the Yellow Emperor will unite under the Chinese Communist Party and . . . thoroughly exterminate all of Chiang Kai-shek's gangsters." They wished Huang Ti's posterity "10,000 years, 1,000 autumns...
...Ordinary Practice." In the old-fashioned auditorium in Nanking's Kuomintang compound, 300 members of the party's executive committee convened. Their purpose: to nominate a presidential and vice presidential candidate for election this month by the National Assembly. It seemed a foregone conclusion that Chiang would be the candidate for the presidency. The Generalissimo, who presided over the meeting, looked more solemn than usual. Mme. Chiang was in the audience. Then Chiang rose and began to speak, slowly and carefully...
...listeners were literally stunned to silence. In the stillness, Chiang spoke again: "I know that for the party to choose a nonpartisan as a presidential candidate is not ordinary practice in democratic party politics. But it should not harm us to try it. Remember this is all a great experiment for us in constitutional democracy...
...Views of a Struggle. Committeeman after committeeman urged Chiang to stay at the helm. But Chiang remained adamant. Gradually, it became plain that his move was an effort to show the civil war in a clearer light. The Communists present it as a struggle between two parties. Chiang sees it as a conflict between the Reds on one side and China's national life and culture on the other. Explaining the qualifications of China's next President, Chiang said: "The President must have a profound understanding of our history, culture and national traditions. It is evident that...
These words pointed clearly to Dr. Hu Shih, one of China's greatest educators, who is not a member of the Kuomintang and who has recently advocated uncompromising resistance to Communism. Chiang would probably stay on as head of the army and perhaps as Premier. But he clearly meant to guide the Chinese people away from their reliance on one-man leadership. Said he: "Whoever is President I will support with all my heart and all my strength. I will prove to the people that I am a loyal public servant...