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...removed nor re-elected by voters. Accountable mainly to themselves, awaiting the "return to the mainland" that does not come, they have little to do; the provincial government of Formosa deals with most day-to-day governing. They have little voice; the 15-man Standing Committee of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang Party decides government policies without consulting them. Result: lawmakers have tended increasingly to bolt party discipline, attack Chiang's ministers...
...since 1951, provides the military hardware and meets half the military payroll. The press is effectively controlled, and any threat of internal subversion by the Chinese Communists is kept well in hand by the zealous (some say too zealous) security police called the Peace Preservation Corps. Stern and 70, Chiang Kai-shek rules party, army and people as firmly as ever...
Five years ago Huang began teaching a distinguished pupil, Mme. Chiang Kaishek. For her, Huang prescribed the classical program, began with trees, then rocks. After two years she had mastered the basic strokes and was ready for color, now specializes in painting bamboo and pines. "She has made great progress." beams Huang. "Her strokes are very forceful, even stronger than...
...Britain would cooperate effectively with the United States "on any major diplomatic venture" He said that he would actively work to gain U.S. recognition of Red China and analyzed American public opinion as "sympathetic" to such a move now. He said that recent events in Formosa had proved that Chiang was not a strong ally...
Dean Acheson last night advocated eventual termination of American support of the government of Chiang Kai-Shek and acceptance of the Red Chinese government in the United Nations. He said that "a possible loss of prestige accompanying this action should not inhibit a policy change if continuation of the policy is likely to involve an even greater loss...