TAOYUAN, Taiwan Walking through a quiet lakeside park in Taoyuan city, one comes across 200 statues and busts of the same man – Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan’s longest-serving head of state.

Chen wanted to organize a strong anti-Communist ... In either case, the Communist boss, Mao Tse-tung, would probably demand that Chiang Kai-shek leave office. There seemed to be little disposition ...

"There can only be one Chen Xiangmei in the world ... Mrs Chennault was close friends with Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Mei-ling. For years, she lobbied US politicians ...