Word: formosae
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...there is much more freedom here than on the mainland, but I would like to see still more freedom of the press and person in Taiwan"), on its authoritarian "obey the leader" doctrine. That Hu Shih could say these things when and where he did was some testimonial to Formosa's freedom, and one reason he had made his choice. The problem was to extend that freedom to less distinguished critics...
Like Democratic nominees in Mississippi, Kuomintang nominees on Formosa are sure to be elected. Last week, on restless, frustrated Formosa, 32 members of the Kuomintang's Central Committee were gathered to choose nominees for the presidency and vice presidency of Nationalist China for the next six years. The men they chose would be certain winners in next month's elections...
...committeemen gladly concurred. After the Nationalist defeat by the Communists, Chen was Formosa's first governor (January-December, 1949). Encountering near chaos when he took over, Chen restored order, tightened discipline, eliminated "paper soldiers," fired generals by the score. He sent troops to central and southern Formosa for regrouping and retraining-and saw that they were paid. His land-reform measures caused Formosa's small farmers to call him, affectionately, Chen Cheng Po (Elder Uncle Chen Cheng). Since he stands 5 ft. 5 in. and weighs only no Ibs., he is also known, without disrespect, as the "Little...
Worst of all, the fence concept gains no advantage for the free world from the strength of the best anti-Communist armies in Asia, the Republic of Korea forces and Chinese nationalist forces on Formosa. Held in by U.S. policy, Chiang's strength becomes a wasting, aging asset to the free world. Some U.S. planners, notably J.C.S. Chairman Admiral Arthur Radford, object strenuously to a policy which grants the Communists time to stabilize their position and prepare for a next move...
...Octopus. In 1950 on Formosa, Chiang Ching-kuo came into his own. He organized the political department of the Ministry of National Defense. He established "political officers" in every echelon down to platoon level and even among the guerrilla forces operating on the mainland. Their mission: to indoctrinate the troops for Nationalist China, against the Communists. Orders issued by unit commanders had to be countersigned by the unit political officers, who got their orders from Chiang Ching-kuo and were responsible only to him. They also functioned as a secret police. (In 1951 a top-ranking general was accused...