President C.K. Chiang: Man of the People; Dedicated to Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo on the Occasion of his inauguration as the sixth President of the Republic of China May 20, 1978

Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China: China Publishing Company, 1978. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11.5 inches. [4], 59, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician in Taiwan. Son of Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China. He succeeded his father to serve as Premier of the Republic of China between 1972–78 and was the President of the Republic of China from 1978 until his death in 1988. Under his tenure, the government of the Republic of China, while authoritarian, became more open and tolerant of political dissent. Towards the end of his life, Chiang relaxed government controls on the media and speech and allowed Taiwanese Han into positions of power, including his successor Lee Teng-hui. Chiang Ching-kuo "exiled" his over-ambitious chief of General Political Warfare Department, General Wang Sheng, to Paraguay as an ambassador, and hand-picked Lee Teng-hui as vice-president of the ROC, first-in-the-line of succession to the presidency. Condition: Very good / Good.

Keywords: Republic of China, Chiang Ching-kuo, Taiwan, Dun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang, Shieh Tung-min, Chungshan, Yangmingshan, Political Warfare, Kinmen, Fenghua, Chekiang

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Price: $75.00