SPJ
03-03-2005, 08:11 PM
This is my favorite story of the 20th century.
A. Chen Cheng was a graduate of Bao Ding military academy.
B. He was one of the favorite generals from Chiang Kai Shek during Northern Expedition to defeat warlords and unify China.
C. Xi An incident. He was right next to Chiang Kai Shek. At the first shootout, he fell to the ground instantly. A bullet went thru his cap, and yet he survived.
D. Resistence War against Japan's incursion or moving inroads. There were 22 major campaigns, he fought 15 of them.
E. He was the commanding officer of Chinese Expedition Force in Burma, I have relatives fought under him.
F. In 1948, he was recuperating from combat fatigue in Northeast or Dong Bei in Taiwan. He was very sick.
G. In 1949, he was assigned as the governer of Taiwan.
H. He regrouped troops of Hu Lian and defeated PLA on Gu Ling Tou in Kin Men isle. Thus secured the defense of Taiwan.
I. He suggested 375 tax reduction for farmers in Taiwan. San Qi Wu Jian Zhu. He also promoted the policy that the farmers may own land from landlords. Gen Ze Yo Qi Tian. He also stablized the currency of Taiwan. These laid the foundation for Taiwan's economic.
J. He passed away on March 5, 1966. He was a true model character of a soldier (defending his country) and a minister (taking care of his own countrymen).
He was a very important hand in the 20th century history of China and Taiwan.
40 years after his passing, Chen Lu An (the son, and former defense minister) turned over his father's writings, An Archive of a Stone Collector (Shi So Zhuong Su) to the museum of national history in Taiwan.
These documents are considered as important as the diaries of 2 Chiang's under the care of Stanford Univ.
As an ethnic Chinese born in Taiwan, I paid my greatest respect to a general that my father and relatives fought under and with from China, Burma to Taiwan.
I think I am going to cry now.
General Chen Cheng absolutely deserves a thread in his memory.
sobbing,
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A. Chen Cheng was a graduate of Bao Ding military academy.
B. He was one of the favorite generals from Chiang Kai Shek during Northern Expedition to defeat warlords and unify China.
C. Xi An incident. He was right next to Chiang Kai Shek. At the first shootout, he fell to the ground instantly. A bullet went thru his cap, and yet he survived.
D. Resistence War against Japan's incursion or moving inroads. There were 22 major campaigns, he fought 15 of them.
E. He was the commanding officer of Chinese Expedition Force in Burma, I have relatives fought under him.
F. In 1948, he was recuperating from combat fatigue in Northeast or Dong Bei in Taiwan. He was very sick.
G. In 1949, he was assigned as the governer of Taiwan.
H. He regrouped troops of Hu Lian and defeated PLA on Gu Ling Tou in Kin Men isle. Thus secured the defense of Taiwan.
I. He suggested 375 tax reduction for farmers in Taiwan. San Qi Wu Jian Zhu. He also promoted the policy that the farmers may own land from landlords. Gen Ze Yo Qi Tian. He also stablized the currency of Taiwan. These laid the foundation for Taiwan's economic.
J. He passed away on March 5, 1966. He was a true model character of a soldier (defending his country) and a minister (taking care of his own countrymen).
He was a very important hand in the 20th century history of China and Taiwan.
40 years after his passing, Chen Lu An (the son, and former defense minister) turned over his father's writings, An Archive of a Stone Collector (Shi So Zhuong Su) to the museum of national history in Taiwan.
These documents are considered as important as the diaries of 2 Chiang's under the care of Stanford Univ.
As an ethnic Chinese born in Taiwan, I paid my greatest respect to a general that my father and relatives fought under and with from China, Burma to Taiwan.
I think I am going to cry now.
General Chen Cheng absolutely deserves a thread in his memory.
sobbing,
:(