As a Chinese nationalist, Chiang eagerly joined Roosevelt’s push against imperialism, targeting European empires like the British and French, and demanding the repeal of “unequal treaties” that ...

TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Unwanted for public spaces elsewhere in Taiwan, some 200 statues of the late autocratic leader Chiang Kai-shek stand in the quiet sanctuary of a park surrounding his ...

Like Mao Zedong, Chiang had dreams of national glory informed by the harsh realities of his youth. Born in 1887 in a remote farm village in the eastern province of Zhejiang, he began working at the ...

Within the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall sits a statue of the Taiwanese leader, overlooking a public square in one of Taipei’s busiest neighborhoods. Together with Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek is ...

Last week the Chinese War Ministry announced “the most brilliant military feat of the entire war,” with the capture of the outposts of the city of Nanchang and the destruction of 20,000 out of 56,000 ...

When the Wehrmacht rolled into Austria in 1938 during the Anschluss, there was one officer commanding a Panzer regiment that stood out. He wasn't a German, and frankly, wasn't even European. Chiang ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the glamorous, U.S.-educated "eternal first lady" of Taiwan, has died at her New York City home. She was 105. After battling cancer and other illnesses for ...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek played a pivotal role in almost a century of Chinese history. She was the wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, the leader of the Nationalist Party in China during the 1930s ...