Word: kaishek
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...told that if he would march his people into the war without asking embarrassing questions he could sit afterwards at the peace table 'with Ireland's traditional friends.' I presume that referred to Haile Selassie and Chiang Kaishek...
Newsmen in Chungking last week received from Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek a curt reply to their request for permission to visit the Communist area. Said the Gissimo, who is now trying to settle the differences between Chungking and Red China: The Central Government will extend them a formal invitation "when the time comes...
...Letters about this new edition have come in from such people as the Gissimo and Mme. Chiang Kaishek, Mme. Sun Yatsen, Finance Minister H. H. Kung, General Wu Techen...
...Soong found it difficult to maintain his prestige in China after the fall of Burma, when he could get almost no help from the U.S. Besides questions of public policy there were personal differences between T. V. and his two potent sisters, Mme. H. H. Kung and Mme. Chiang Kaishek: Mme. Kung in general represents conservative party politics and T. V. by comparison, the aggressive liberal forces. Mme. Chiang sided with the Kungs...
...paid relatively little attention to her brother, despite the fact that he was officially Foreign Minister of his country. T. V. had little or no influence on her. Packed Board. T. V. left the U.S. last fall, returned to Chungking, failed to patch up his differences with Chiang Kaishek. Last week, the Bank of China's board voted to increase its membership from twelve to 25, thus gave the anti-Soong, pro-Kung group decisive voting power. T. V. was forced out; H. H. was handed a post which will enable him to complete his control over China...