Chiang Ching kuo

Chiang Chingkuo , Kuomintang politician and leader, was a Chinese politician and the son of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kaishek and 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 and 1978 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 native Taiwanese into positions of power, including his successor Lee Tenghui.

The son of President Chiang Kaishek and his first wife Mao Fumei, Chiang Chingkuo was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang, with the courtesy name of Jinfng . He had an adopted brother, Chiang Weikuo. Ching literally means longitude while kuo means nation in his brothers name, wei literally means parallel . The names are inspired by the references in Chinese classics such as the Guoyu, in which to draw the longitudes and latitudes of the world is used as a metaphor for a person with great abilities, especially in managing a country.

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