Rest in Peace Gen. Chiang.
Posted on 07/08/2004 8:33:09 PM PDT by Dr. Marten
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Nearly 30 years after his death, relatives of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek wanted a belated burial for the late Taiwanese leader, officials said on Thursday.
Chiang's body will be taken out of a mausoleum and buried in an army cemetery in the capital, Taipei.
Chiang and his Nationalist government fled to Taiwan after losing a civil war in China to Mao Zedong's Communists in 1949. He built Taiwan into an anti-communist bastion and vowed to recapture the mainland.
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Rest in Peace Gen. Chiang.
My sentiments exactly. Not a saint, but a good and decent man who loved his country.
Unleash Chiang!
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