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Word: kaishek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fortunately the President of China, Marshal Chiang Kaishek, is quick. Not five minutes after he received a frantic phone call from Dr. Wang, there was heard in the streets of Nanking the piercing siren of the presidential Packard (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Treaty Riot | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

This salute historic was the first ever accorded by a great power to the new Nationalist President, Chiang Kaishek. Such a salute would have been fired long ago by a German war boat since Berlin is exceedingly friendly to Nanking, except for the fact that the disarmed German Republic has never had in Chinese waters a war boat potent enough to thunder a proper salute. A recent trifling difference between U. S. Minister to China John Van Antwerp MacMurray, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang resulted in cancellation of fully perfected plans that a U. S. war boat should fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Treaty Riot | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

...freely rumored that Yen and his Shansi were at best holding aloof and at worst were likely to attack Nanking. Last week, however, the Marshal pompously approached "Southern Capital" upon his private train, accompanied by wife and retinue. At the station stood slender, waspish President Chiang Kaishek, and strapping War Minister Feng Yu-hsiang. As Yen joined Chiang and Feng, press photographers snapped "China's Big Three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Yen to Nanking | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Responsible to the Central Executive Committee are the Political Council and the State Council. The former is a propaganda and political strategy bureau. The latter is unique; but may be called a super-cabinet. The President of the State Council or super-cabinet is Marshal Chiang Kaishek, who is by courtesy "The President of China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Yen to Nanking | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Naturally War Minister Feng could not resist the temptation to preach his favorite principles, last week, to the new Nationalist Government and to President and Mrs. Chiang Kaishek. Whether the President will hereafter go marketing every day in his armoured Packard car remained to be seen. But the whole Government paid strictest attention as Marshal Feng developed the thesis of Spartan endeavor against a common enemy-JAPAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Don't Degenerate! | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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