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Word: kai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...smashup 14 years ago. He has no political following: though a member of the Kuomintang, he is generally considered an independent. Most of his life has been passed in the relative obscurity of the Geological Institute and on university teaching staffs. He entered government service in 1935 at Chiang Kai-shek's repeated requests, rose rapidly to ministerial rank. Before becoming Premier his job was that of Minister of Economic Affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Earthquake Man | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

Most Madeira girls go to good colleges (favorites: Vassar, Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr), marry comfortably, and send their daughters back to Madeira. Among past & present Madeirans: Paulina Longworth, Joan Morgenthau, Susan Saltonstall, Diana Hopkins, Laurette Soong (niece of Madame Chiang Kai-shek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Retribution | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

...fortnight ago, China's National Assembly overwhelmingly elected Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek President of China. Then they turned to the election of a Vice President. At first, everything was smooth as cream. At the Dragon Gate restaurant, delegates sipped tea with Candidate Sun Fo, whose father was Sun Yatsen, hero of the revolution, and who was second only to the Gimo in Kuomintang prestige. Four other aspirants were equally polite and formal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Dark Horse from Kwangsi | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

General Feng Vu Sheng, formerly second in command to Chiang Kai-Shek, and Alexander Hsu of the Chinese National Student Federation will discuss "Chinese Democracy and Chiang Kai-Shek" tonight at 8 o'clock in Emerson D. The Committee for Wallace is sponsor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chinese Aide Lectures Wallace Club Tonight | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...expedition was headed by Baltimore-raised Moon F. Chin, once Chiang Kai-shek's personal pilot. "I don't think the mountains are as high as Mr. Reynolds claims," he said. "But we might as well see." With him went 14 Chinese and foreign correspondents, two technicians, and a Chinese crew armed with radar equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: There She Stands | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

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