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...with Production. Formosa's surprising success is, of course, largely due to the $3 billion in economic and military aid that the U.S. has poured in since 1949 under the watchful eye of the Chiang Kai-shek government. But unlike the sorry case in many other underdeveloped areas, U.S. aid to Formosa has been dispensed wisely and put to work intelligently. Formosa's gross national product has been growing at the rate of 7.7% a year, and industrial production is up 11% from last year. Per capita income has been rising, and so has consumer buying...
...rocky island of Tungyin, 50 miles off the coast of Red China, is the headquarters of a little-known military unit called the Anti-Communist National Salvation Army. The secret army, 30,000 strong, is Chiang Kai-shek's instrument for the long-promised return to the mainland. The troops are trained as guerrillas, armed with U.S. weapons, and come largely from the mainland coastal provinces...
...Then Chiang Kai-shek sets off the nationalist revolution. Step by step the ship and her crew are isolated, humiliated by loss of their work coolies, shocked by the knowledge that they are helpless. They degenerate into snarling rival groups, capable of rioting over a few onions, capable of murder...
Iron & Steel. What little Snow finds bad in New China he justifies by presuming that it would be much worse if Chiang Kai-shek were in charge. Promising later discussions that never materialize, he skims over the regime's faults to exult in its virtues...
...retreat in suburban Taipei, the Republic of China's venerable President Chiang Kai-shek passed his 75th birthday in quiet seclusion. The still spry Gimo requested that there be no public celebrations, but 30,000 Formosans jammed into the Presidential Mansion grounds to sign traditional congratulatory scrolls; across the island there were youth rallies, mass choral concerts and, with an eye to the Reds across the strait, mass bayonet exercises. In lieu of birthday cake, all the guests at restaurants, public luncheons and dinner parties were served long, flat noodles, a Chinese symbol of longevity...