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This article is kind of partial. It does not cover opinions of those Taiwanese who appreciate the positive things Chiang Kai-shek had done on Taiwan and understand that Chiang has to do what he has to do to survive. He just lost mainland China and there were many communist spies in Taiwan working for the communist party at that time. The White terror is by nature inevitable at the unstable time like that. Chiang and his people wanted to live too. After that massacre Taiwan became more stable and Chiang worked pretty hard to make Taiwan soaring in economy.
Mar 04, 2018 09:04 PM
Reply to this commentlot of courage there from 'anonymous reader' to insult taiwan without even giving his name!
Mar 04, 2018 08:56 PM
Reply to this commentFirst Chiang Kai Shek was kicked out of the mainland by Mao Zedong, now he is about to be banished from Taiwan. Chiang should have allow Mao to take Taiwan island and ship all the gold and imperial treasures that he looted from China to the USA and like those fairy tales endings live happily ever after in the USA. Eventually every tiny trace of Chiang will be removed from Taiwan, a province of China.
Mar 01, 2018 04:42 AM
Reply to this comment"But while the Chinese Communist Party has never ruled the island, Beijing regards it as part of Chinese territory and has threatened to invade if Taiwan seeks formal independence."
Taiwan, with the protection and military support of the USA hasn't got the guts to declare independence because the USA will not allow it because the USA will not go to war with any country that has the nuclear capability to hit mainland USA. About the only countries that the USA dared to fight are those without nuclear weapons viz. Afghanistan and Iraq. Meanwhile the status quo is maintained and time is on China's side and Taiwan is losing her bargaining power by the day with more and more missiles aimed at her. Reunification with China is inevitable and a fait accompli.
Mar 01, 2018 04:34 AM
Reply to this comment "We want Taiwan to become a normal, healthy country."
The above statement should read "We want Taiwan to become a normal, healthy part of China"
Mar 01, 2018 04:18 AM
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Taiwan under Chiang Kai Shek was just another dictatorship, the kind of government the USA, protector of human rights and proponent of freedom of speech detest but then, since he is the kind of dictator that the USA finds palatable, the USA embraced him and protected him. Today, with the dictatorship gone and replaced by democracy, the USA is singing a different tune. We support Taiwan because Taiwan is a democracy, respects human rights and freedom of speech. Oh dear, I just insulted the USA and I wonder if the man from Omaha is angered.
Mar 10, 2018 05:13 AM
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