Chiang Kai-Shek - TAIWAN'S Most INFLUENTIAL Figure 🇹🇼

[@董娘-u4n]

這是我看過最用心的外國KZbin， 用心良苦的介紹台灣歷史，Thank you ！

[@bankerdave888]

This is the one and only video done by a foreigner in Taiwan that detailed the modern history of Taiwan. Impressive! 👍👍👍

[@corestaples]

he delivers it as an everyday interesting fact of history we should all learn about. He has delivered it better than a professor for sure.. not dry

[@user-thbjwxuetac]

You are probably the first travel vlogger that explained the most correct and detailed Taiwan's history of Chang Kai Shek time. Thank you for your efforts and sharing the history of Taiwan with the world!

[@NickKTravel]

haha thanks! like i was saying in the video, to understand Taiwan I think its important to understand CKS and his impact on the nation

[@mingdao123]

Chiang Kai-Shek is my hero, I'm Vietnamese Chinese, Mostly Vietnamese Chinese people see Kuomintan Nationalist Party which was the right party in Early Modern China.

[@JoeHe-s2w]

如果距地没输，我地华人噶现在会完全唔一样

[@ddarchbishop6378]

As a Taiwanese you explained the history of Taiwan so well and hope for world peace

[@JasonTzeng]

The activity you came across was a demonstration. You witnessed a demonstration organized by animal rights groups, which exemplifies democracy in action. It represents a glimpse of the current norm in Taiwan, something that was not allowed decades ago during the authoritarian rule of both Chiangs (both the elder and his son).

[@afrpratama]

Thank for the knowledge, nick ❤️🇮🇩

[@NickKTravel]

What are your thoughts on Chiang Kai-Shek's legacy? Is he someone that should be honored, condemned, or a mixture of both if possible? I'm interested in hearing what you have to say... Find me on Instagram: nick_k_travel More to come from Taiwan!

[@aaadin7257]

well there's a 2000 historical chinese movie about Zheng Chenggong,one of military commander during the collapse of Ming Dinasty He took over Taiwan from the Dutch as a base to recounqer China mainland from Ch'ing (Qing) Dinasty,unfortunatelly he never made it

[@bctvanw]

Like Lenin statues and the Soviet monuments in East European Countries. Some of them are still standing, but most locals don’t want anything with them now. CKS Memorial Hall was built when Taiwan was still under martial law. This kind of memorial halls would never be built after Taiwan turned democracy. CKS and his followers only took up 10% of Taiwan’s population, but ruled over Taiwan until 1990s. Since Taiwan was ruled by CKS’s KMT party for more than 50 years, some of the generation born during the era still support them.

[@bctvanw]

@@aaadin7257 Koxinga was born in Japan to a Japanese mother. Koxinga was promoted by the Japanese government as the prove that the Japanese ruled over Taiwan before the Manchus did. The first Japanese Shrine built in Taiwan was for Koxinga. Koxinga was promoted by the Chinese government now because he was the prove that the Chinese first ruled over Taiwan. Koxinga was viewed by the Dutch from Indonesia and Spanish from the Philippines as a pirate king. The rumors of Koxinga invading Manila causing the massacre of Chinese by the Spanish. Koxinga’s son founded an independent Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan. Therefore the CCP government portrayed him as separatist.

[@aaadin7257]

@@bctvanw i've read and watch japan pirate sailed into phillipine confront with Spanish Navy The Sino-Dutch War 1661 (Chinese: 鄭成功1661), also known as Hero Zheng Chenggong, is a 2000 Chinese historical drama film directed by Wu Ziniu, starring Vincent Zhao, Jiang Qinqin, Du Zhiguo, Yoko Shimada, Xu Min and Zhang Shan. The film is loosely based on the life of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) and focuses on his battle with the Dutch East India Company for control of Taiwan at the Siege of Fort Zeelandia. The film was released in 2002 in Japan under the title Kokusenya Kassen (Chinese: 國姓爺合戰).

[@user-qc7fp7gm5y]

My review of Chiang Kai-Shek is a mixture of both. We do not live in the background of time and space in which era, history can also be taught one-sidedly. 8:18 Groups that love animals hope that the government will not kill stray animals and use neutering instead.

[@giannishen]

I am very happy that you are so serious about the history of Taiwan, you can also make yourself a professional historian! Looking back at the past history, Chiang Kai-shek has been identified as a cruel butcher, and is cast aside by most of the people now! In short, those unpleasant things have passed, Taiwan is now a free and democratic country, and Taiwan welcomes freedom-loving people to travel! You did a really great job, thanks a lot for sharing！👍😄👏

[@MAMKON]

哈哈，不过没有蒋台湾岛早就姓共了😂😂可惜了，本来能更幸福的

[@再回到從前]

謝謝你這集影片，讓世界更多人 了解和知道 台灣在過去 的 一個時間發生的歷史。 同時 也讓 世界各國人，知道，台灣是跟中國不同的國家。👍🇹🇼

[@s1lv3rzz]

说支那语的支那人罢了

[@fargr5926]

Republic of CHINA.

[@josepwillis687]

Tq Good Teacher

[@Takasagolily]

Nick，你真的是很用心理解我們國家的歷史，謝謝你！

[@edwardleez07]

Love from Indonesia !!🇮🇩❤

[@huntoralio9995]

I'm a Canadian Taiwanese living in Taiwan for more than 30 years before moving to Canada for 20 years. You actually did a very good job, Nick although there's still much more information that can be added in to enrich the whole context. I actually learned something from you! Thank you!

[@nomad_ape]

Hi Nick can you make a video about the indigenous people of Taiwan? Not many people know about this indigenous people and surprisingly this people actually are Austronesian people, the same people like Indonesian, Malay and Pinoy. Keep up the good work Nick!

[@NickKTravel]

yess i plan on it!

[@nomad_ape]

@@NickKTravel looking forward to watching it Nick. Thanks 👍

[@高小明-h3f]

@@NickKTravel If you know at that time because of the Cold War also dictatorship of South Korea President Park Chung-hee and Chiang Kai-shek were allies they liked each other

[@markletsgo]

@@NickKTravel this is a really good plan. this is a big plan if you want to do very detail. this plan almost can cover full Pacific Ocean till Australian indigenous history. really cool

[@Parmi-kb6yb]

indah sekali saya suka di cks buat foto 2 kalau pas liburan hari minggu banyak orang

[@benchwu]

Good job Nick.

[@zooyorksk8go]

So glad to see how deep you know about the history of Taiwan!

[@小蓉蓉-z8u]

As a common tourist, You did a good research about Taiwan, it is very impressive, I like you, Have a good trip here, you are a friend with your true heart. I will follow your video.

[@NickKTravel]

thank you!

[@WilliamZheng0114]

I really like and amazed this video. I am a Taiwanese myself. I also want to establish my own country and study Taiwan’s history and international status in depth. Your understanding of Taiwan’s status in 1946 and 228 is almost completely correct.

[@a1-chi3]

I wasn't expecting listening history class of my country from a foreigner, but it ended up very wonderful. You must be a good storyteller.

[@Parmi-kb6yb]

kalau hari minggu di situ sangat ramai banyak orang

[@CanggihKali]

Hi Nick

[@korghood4376]

THIS IS A TRAVEL BLOG that we all need. you tell stories of the place, make us enganged to it. thanks nick.

[@SnortingSpy1010]

Respect to Chiang Kai Shek who saved an entire nation and also the soldiers who's fighting❤️ Disrespect to Mao Zedong who killed the people that Chiang Kai Shek just saved🖕

[@yami_garasu]

thanks for another nice history vlog nick, Taiwan is interesting.

[@hc434]

Accurate from my understanding and I learned new things. The ROC was synonymous with the KMT party (founded in China when Taiwan was under the Japanese empire) and the fact that the KMT party has been voted out of power more often than not since Taiwan's democratization in the 1990's - is telling of Taiwanese peoples' views towards CKS's foreign government exile. I would guess that the majority would abolish the ROC name and constitution if China didn't threaten violence if they did, but havent seen a proper poll about it

[@ramdom_assortment]

I wouldn't say that at all. People are angry with the DDP and their proposed changes ever since Covid. Covid has shown the true face of "progressives", which are communists in disguise.

[@jiunlichang0857]

Thank you for the nice content! This reminds me of my uncle-in-law whose father was a victim of the 228 incident, which led to my uncle being an orphan. He had to work for life during his teenage, so he did not complete a proper secondary school education. Apparently he doesn't like Chiang Kai Shek and the KMT party, he might find the memorial hall unpleasant as well. Fortunately he met my auntie and they ended up having a great retirement with my cousin's company. He is now around 85 and still traveling with my auntie Btw, not sure what the event is about but I heard them mention animal and environmental conservation

[@eddyhung7497]

as a Taiwanese...thank you so much for introducing Taiwan's history to the world

[@yishinCheng]

On 28th April 1952, the San Francisco Peace Treaty entered into force. On this day, the status of Taiwan become undetermined. On the same day, Japan chose the ROC regime as the China government and signed the Sino-Japanese peace treaty with the ROC regime. In this treaty, the ROC recognized that Japan has renounced sovereignty over Taiwan in San Francisco Peace Treaty. This means that the ROC recognized that the status of Taiwan is undetermined. The issue of Taiwan independence is not a Chinese issue. It is not a choice between reunification of China and separation from China. The true color of the issue of Taiwan independence is an unfinished decolonization job. Why decolonization should be applied to Taiwan? First, Taiwan was a Japanese colony since 1895. Because Japan renounced her territorial sovereignty over Taiwan in 1952 without designating the successor, Taiwan became a former colony with undetermined status. Second, because the post-war disposition of Taiwan is still undetermined, the Allied Powers’ post-war military occupation arrangement is still effective. In other words, Taiwan is still a territory under Allied Powers’ military occupation. Finally, according to UNGA Resolution 1514, decolonization should be applied to non- self-governing territories and lands under military occupation is certainly non-self- governing. Hence, decolonization should be applied to Taiwan.

[@juwantiorangsubangasli3086]

I often play there. On 6-11-2023 I will go on vacation there again, can we meet friends. I really want to meet you

[@samaajakitamembayarpajakke2074]

😮😮😮😉👌 thenk bro

[@johnjalee2009]

I think it’s a gathering of a group advocating for animal protection? (That’s what I heard), in front of the Presidential Palace.

[@Parmi-kb6yb]

very good👍

[@ewisetaiwan]

What you said is right ! thanks for know about it, hope more and more foreigner know about Taiwan histroy !

[@abelon0214]

Thank you ❤ you are doing great about telling Taiwan history

[@fakeoverlapping]

這是我看過那麼多在台（不論居住或旅遊）外國人youtuber講述台灣和中國歷史最客觀的一個沒有之一，而且沒有加入明顯的立場，只是客觀陳述歷史事件（蔣用高壓手段統治台灣，但也抵擋共產黨解放台灣）。非常棒！

[@垃圾谷歌-e9j]

美国就算没有蒋介石，也可以扶持别人或者直接把台湾交给日本管理，美国要的只是台湾这个岛，不是岛上的人，管他是蒋介石还是谁

[@marialiew3910]

I’ve been there once.its a cool place man. I would love to come back to the Taiwan 🇹🇼 ❤😍

[@independenceenglishschool3655]

I love Japan.

[@markletsgo]

you are so cool. have a really good knowledge about Taiwan history. many people in Taiwan still can not tell the history for their land. you are really really nice

[@parkbench14]

Very interesting, looking forward to see more of taipei

[@superandy108juan3]

What you said about CKS and recent history about Taiwan are 99% correct, except that the exact spot of 228 incident taken place was not in the memorial 228 park, but on a street behind Taipei Main Station. Nevertheless, your history about Taiwan is absolutely impressive, way much better than 90% of Taiwanese people. Andy

[@xxoo6303]

👍👍👍

[@keangwooichoo6138]

He and sun yat sen were important figures

[@卡莉咪]

very..very near from my house..exactly 15 mnt

[@johnjalee2009]

Great storytelling👍 Like the US, Taiwan has a President. But it is different from the US in that the President is elected by popular votes, whereas the US by Electoral College.

[@dudy35]

謝謝！

[@NickKTravel]

thank you!!

[@Parmi-kb6yb]

Selagi masih di Taiwan jangan lupa hari minggu ke Taipei Main Station " di situ tempat buat berlibur orang Indonesia sangat ramai banyak sekali orang Indonesia, Tapi kalau hari biasa bukan hari minggu sepi di dalam gedung situ ada pasar bawah tanah.

[@yehphoebe7679]

JKC he likes the power, he use Taiwan to service his family and his politic ambisious. But what passed is passed, I like Taiwan as it is now after it has been through so many trials. There's one thing I do want to condemne JKC: When Mao was statisfied of having the mainland china, he wanted Taiwan be a counrty independant, JKC didn't take the chance, d.a.m.n, look at what mence we are facing now!!!

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Aboriginal people from taiwan spread to south east asia.

[@mandy3303]

Thank you Nick for explaining the history of Taiwan. I had no idea, it's interesting to know about this part of history. Sound so complicated though. So, which language do Taiwanese people speak, Japanese or Chinese? Thanks again and hope you'll find off beaten paths in Taiwan too.

[@corestaples]

Taiwanese.. Hokkien and in the south, quite a bit of Hakka

[@mandy3303]

@@corestaples Thank you for your info 👍

[@鄺任翔]

right to say Mandarin Taiwanese speaks chinese 、 taiwanese 、hakka and aborigines and mainly countries withe mandarin

[@ta-chanchiang2297]

It’s impressed how they composed all the pieces together to make the story more like a Frankenstein than a hostory😂

[@jyhshienlin]

Nick, you are very accurate in briefing Taiwan's short history. Just as you said, the statue of the biggest dictator is still sitting there smilingly... that just shows there are lots of people don't understand Taiwan history that well as you do.

[@hc434]

If it is torn down though, it will be like what is happening to Confederate statues in the US. Doesn't seem like the right thing to do as it is an historical artifact

[@jyhshienlin]

​@@hc434 Not sure the logic in considering it's a historical artifact. As Nick mentioned of the statue park, that is where those statues belong to. For whoever admire what he has done, they can go visit the park to worship him over there.

[@hc434]

@@jyhshienlin What would you want it to be replaced with where it currently stands?

[@corestaples]

Great informative vlog... you have a talent my friend... keep it up. going back to Taiwan to retire a few months of the year from Canaa LOL

[@akumah]

I was a Chinese history major, and I actually also lived in Taiwan for years before I came back recently to the U.S. I would love to tell you more if you want to talk.

[@Nick짱]

오 장개석! ❤❤❤ 🎶🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚵‍♀️🏕💬🎶🇰🇷

[@edwardleez07]

How do you think of Taiwan Nick? been longing to go there.

[@NickKTravel]

it's beautiful, can't wait to explore more!

[@o801001able]

讚！這影片做的很用心，謝謝～

[@NickKTravel]

Thanks!

[@黑-f2f]

我不認為原住民是暴力的，因為有很多文化不同所以不了解彼此，導致當中有誤會

[@TheSuninOZ]

Really impressive for your detailed, logical and easily understandable history telling. One thing I would add is the impacts. The history you elaborated also explains the modern Taiwanese culture and main stream attitudes towards dictators and dictatorship. FYI, the gathering event looks like some sort of protest or rally for animal welfare. All I can see is slogan said “anti bullying” “clean feeding” and the speaker said she is a writer and artist who familiar with topics of animal welfare, etc. a true demonstration of vibrant democracy, fitting well with this video. 🎉

[@wenkweiwang884]

Welcome to TAIWAN 🇹🇼

[@zoo0602]

They are refugees form China escaping to Taiwan and low education or bad habits rude spitting on the road something like that. my grandma told me and she is graduated Keio University. in Japan.

[@jasonleetaiwan]

Chiang went to Taiwan in 1946 to speak a few months before 228 occured. There's a photo of it in the memorial. Additionally, Taiwan was mostly controlled by the Japanese in the government, not Taiwanese. The mainland civil servants mostly replaced Japanese civil servants. Not local Taiwanese. They say they took jobs from Taiwanese to stir up hatred.

[@qooj1202]

Hi Nick, thumb up! I like the way you rolled about Taiwanese history. I believe your understanding is on a very high level. On top of that, you made great and smooth expressions and let the audience catch up easily.

[@NickKTravel]

Thanks for that!

[@法克油門-d1r]

感謝分享！❤

[@sbc5858]

awesome~太厲害了竟然能懂這麼多

[@WilliamZheng0114]

It was a march because the government wanted to push a policy to move out stray dogs and cats from areas that already had an intact ecology, but they disagreed. But they ignore that stray cats and dogs have no natural enemies in ecologically sound areas. They attack and hunt other animals not for food, but out of curiosity.

[@jerrychen8628]

Yeah everything you mentioned is correct.

[@Yoyo-rl4vw]

好希望當初美國沒有把台灣給蔣介石，如果日本能繼續殖民台灣該有多好🤭🤭🤭 謝謝您如此用心的研究台灣歷史～喜歡您的頻道！雖然看完一集必須花費五倍以上的時間（要一直查詢單字）👍👍👍

[@esticila9062]

Hy nick? Are you in taiwan right now 😊

[@MultiPropanbutan]

Ah myself having an extensive knowledge about Taiwan as my partner is Taiwanese (real Taiwanese and not a mainlander) I have to say you did a very good job :) If you are in to history of modern Taiwan I recommend to visit Green Island and the significance of this little island. For English speakers there is an interesting book - historical fiction - with the same title Green Island by Taiwanese American writer Shawna Yang Ryan … I can highly recommend to check it out.

[@NickKTravel]

I went to the Jing Mei white terror museum and learned a bit about Green Island, would love to go check it out if given the chance. Thanks for the book recommendation too!

[@claudetaiwan]

@@NickKTravelYou are good. jing-mei museum is the place.

[@jtclin0318]

Wow, you clearly know the TW history more than some Taiwanese do. Ppl were demonstrting that kids were fed prescrition drugs in preSchool or kindergarden which will keep them calm and want to zzz in New Taipei City; however, the New Taipei City mayor denied the accused. CCK, his son and the fellows are the sinner to local Taiwanese ppl even some mainlanders who come with him.

[@DeRong_Hong]

8:20 It looked like a protest march about caring for stray animals.

[@Mateozz19]

Chiang Kai-shek was anti communist lose the civil war to Mao Zedong, fled to Taiwan to built his army to fight back againts Mao, didn't really happen and then build the place and implemented the communist way of government himself the thing he despise so much... What the fuck was going on back then lol. And also from my personal research imo looked like he was used by the US also to try to conquer Asia.

[@Mateozz19]

Also from my perspective China didn't colonize Taiwan in a sense because The people from Taiwan themself is actually chinese but what i do know was chinese people who migrated to taiwan did actually killed the aborigin that originally lived there and the nationalist government of taiwan did admit that. So in a sense China didn't really colonized Taiwan but at the same time they did. The situation rn is kinda similar to chinese malaysian and indonesian like me we're not original from here but our grandparent/parents came from china.

[@Mateozz19]

Also note that from what i understand taiwanese local language was hokkien dialect so yeah the chinese mainlander from central or north wouldn't really understand but if you are a mainlander from south especially from fu-jian province it would be no problem because they also speak hokkien. Hokkien language is also used by chinese malay, singapore & indo but from what i understand the hokkien language between them, taiwanese and mainlander is a bit different now but overall you still can understand a bit.

[@awingsarkawing6391]

are you meet indonesian workers in taiwan?

[@HardQoo]

關於歷史人物，不論對或是錯，一切都是戰亂下的悲劇。

[@joehe4353]

Actually Chiang Kai Sei and his followers did more on developing Taiwan than Japan did, many mainlander rich ppl escape from mainland to TW during 1949, complaint that Taiwan is so undeveloped ,Shanghai and some big cities in China were more industrialized than TW. Those ppl more to HK eventually.

[@lilinlin450]

你可以當台灣歷史老師了

[@pcje]

8:40 因為英文不好我直接打中文，是為了流浪貓狗的發聲抗議。

[@xxx2196]

很好的節目，謝謝分享。👍👍

[@andrianarizki]

Nice place to visit 😍

[@法克油門-d1r]

Nick您好！ 我們歡迎您蒞臨台灣！👍

[@joehe4353]

During Chiang Kai Sei period, actually there were limited democary in TW, Congrass election were still existed in TW, not like China mainland, which is a totally Stalin style prison.

[@kkoo9783]

嗨 你好👏👏👏

[@主人-v9j]

哇！很少人知道真正完全殖民台灣的是日本，很多舔共的台灣人完全不尊重歷史，一直認為漢人是台灣的主人，然而甚至明朝到清朝許多來台的所謂中國漢人也不是真的完全都漢人🤣 清朝明朝也只是跟其它國家如荷蘭，法國….等一樣只是部分佔領。 只有日本才是真正的完全佔領並且奴役原住民，後來日本戰敗才把台灣歸還同盟國（美國），因為二戰結束早就沒有清朝了，後來國民黨在中國戰敗撤退台灣，美國把台灣託管給中華民國，之後美國物資援助台灣，但因為台灣獨裁導致美國逐漸放寬中共的限制令，包含承認中國佔有權及開發中國家優惠還有聯合國由中華人民共和國取代中華民國⋯⋯直到蔣經國統治後美國才開始又幫助台灣，美援跟貸款及技術轉移，代工等…

[@wenhohuang2286]

在老蔣時代就有美援了，著重在民生醫療問題，農復會就是利用美援成立的，小時候喝過美援奶粉沖泡的午奶也穿過麵粉袋做的「中美合作」內褲

[@主人-v9j]

@@wenhohuang2286 有喔！我上面有說美國託管台灣給中華民國（國民黨）之後就有物資援助台灣，但美國真正幫助台灣經濟發展是在小蔣時代，包含貸款建設，培訓高科技人才等

[@主人-v9j]

@@wenhohuang2286 老蔣時代的美援奶粉真的是很多人的回憶🤣 當時偏遠地區如山區或原住民部落也會有外國傳教士來醫療救助跟送資源，所以現在很多原住民都信耶穌基督

[@wenhohuang2286]

@@主人-v9j 真的教會深人山區原住民居住區，很多山區幾乎都有教堂

[@wenhohuang2286]

@@主人-v9j 民國58年時老蔣可能健康就有問題了（當年大專集訓結業異禮開始末出席），從該年後陸續成立加工出口區、十大建設、世界工廠等等，我只知道高速公路第一筆是向亞洲銀行貸款的（當年中華民國是亞洲銀行發起國），大部份學生都到美國留學，等臺灣發展到某程度留學生事陸續回國參與經濟發展，如早回來可能無適當職位而成英雄無用武之地

[@alzwarlis1719]

Nick, u look so skinny now😮 Btw, how's Vanessa doing now? Is everything ok now?

[@NickKTravel]

yesss everything is good, she should be joining me shortly

[@tiro_taiwan]

8:13 May 30, 2023, Nearly 500 animal rights activists gathered on Ketagalan Boulevard to protest against the new regional stray dog removal pilot plan to be implemented by the Council of Agriculture in June, demanding "clean feeding, anti-bullying, relocation, not removal", etc. 6 appeals.

[@emperorshowa8842]

Chiang Kai-shek was my favorite dictator lol

[@kkoo9783]

健康陽光的Nick 你好啊☕

[@txr8565]

One thing for sure is Taiwan is NEVER part of the People's Republic of China (PRC), not even for one second.

[@aaadin7257]

Sukarno,Tan Malaka,Chiang Kai Shek anymore founding father on your list ? 😂 we love history

[@NickKTravel]

just getting started lol

[@borneowarriors4586]

Chiang Kai Shek is such an complicated person. Both mainland and taiwanese has different views and opinions about him.

[@acesmith8623]

It’s great summary about history in Taiwan. Although there were some negative things toward Chiang Kai-shek, there are lots of good things he accomplished in his legacy including economic development, infrastructure projects, technology investment, etc. More importantly, his determination to fight the communism was one of the greatest achievement in my opinion. His son continued his leadership and brought Taiwan to full democracy as well as advanced technology hub as we saw today. Really hope you can make another video to talk about the remaining part of Taiwan’s history from 1980-2023 where you will see how Taiwan encountered difficulties (not being recognized as a country and compressed by Communism China) but strived to survive and prosper today.

[@wangsongho]

My grandpa really hates Chiang Kai-Shek and what he did😂

[@xxoo6303]

大帥哥您好！🥤

[@kkoo9783]

影片很棒❤

[@AKBarakusa]

台湾の歴史を述べること、すべては言ったとおりです。ご説明ありがとうございました。

[@NickKTravel]

こちらこそありがとう！

[@johnnyko2863]

8:40 They are protesting for animal protection

[@RNG33118]

I think you left out an important part of the history. A lot of Taiwanese that had been living here before the arrival of CKS were actually pirates in the first place.

[@Antraeus]

This is ridiculous. When you dig a little deeper you learn that Chiang had no choice. Mao Zedong would have had him executed had he not escaped from the mainland. And there were groups of people in Taiwan who resented the Kuomintang's presence and sought to destroy them. They had two choices: accept the republic or face Cultural Revolution hysteria and misery. So in fact, history will show that they ought to have been grateful. The truth will win in all of these issues in the end. Temporary ignorance and blindness to the truth are dangerous. The difference between socialism and communism is massive. One is ideal and the other is a nightmare. So in fact he saved your asses!