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...backs Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek in his fight against Japanese occupation. After World War II, Mao Zedong's Communists defeat Chiang's Nationalists, who flee to Taiwan. Mao founds the People's Republic of China, and more than two decades of isolation from the West begin...
AMERICAN PROMETHEUS KAI BIRD AND MARTIN J. SHERWIN...
...that it was a dormant outfit that a fair number of Taiwanese hadn't even heard of until Chen closed it as a way of thumbing his nose at Beijing. Then, as if for emphasis, Taiwan's Defense Ministry last week proposed removing some run-down statues of Chiang Kai-shek, former KMT leader and ruler of Taiwan for three decades, from military bases across the country. Cue more opposition outrage...
...over the Eagles with wins in epee, foil and sabre, a sound result that, following a victory over Columbia last weekend, puts them high on the list of contenders for the title of Ivy League Champions when they face off against Brown, Princeton and Penn on Sunday. Freshman foilist Kai Itameri-Kinter won his bout 3-0, and the men’s sabre squad of senior David J. Jakus, and juniors Timothy Hagamen and Daniel Sachs also went undefeated to total 9-0. On the women’s side, senior Chloe Stinetorf and sophomores Emily Cross, Carolyn Wright...
...American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherman 721 pages