| ID | 128032 |
| Title Proper | Taiwan and Chiang Kai-Shek's Fangong dalu |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pang, Yang Huei |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | For much of the 1950s, ROC President Chiang Kai-shek tried to formulate viable "counteroffensive" plans to reclaim mainland China. A main part of this vision was to attract US military sponsorship; for the ROC conspicuously lacked the military strength to reconquer mainland China. However, the formulation of these plans had unintended results for Taiwan. Firstly, the military plans gave Chiang's subordinates an indirect way of stating the impossibility of returning to mainland China, while strenuously proclaiming their loyalty. Secondly, Chiang Kai-shek's admonishment "????" Wu Wang Zai Ju (Forget Not the time at Ju), the clarion call for the ROC's mainland counter offensive, unwittingly promoted a more sedentary form of national identity for the average Taiwanese. Finally, the more Taiwan developed economically by means of US aid, the more the Taiwanese silently distanced themselves from Chiang's Quixotic dream of reclaiming mainland China. Thus, Chiang's leadership in "counteroffensive" planning did more to distance the island state from the mainland than "reclaim" it. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asian Affairs Vol. 45, No.1; Mar 2014: p.79-107 |
| Journal Source | Asian Affairs Vol. 45, No.1; Mar 2014: p.79-107 |
| Key Words | Chiang Kai-shek ; China ; Military Strength ; United States ; Taiwan ; Leadership |