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...highly significant Chinese general today is moonfaced, bespectacled Yang Hu-cheng. As battle lines were drawn near Peiping last week and sporadic warfare crackled, General Yang was very far away, just landing in San Francisco with his tight-skinned little Chinese wife and their bright, button-eyed boy. Gesturing expansively with a pale Corona, General Yang welcomed alert California reporters. They wanted a good look at this celebrated Chinese commander who, when he found that another Chinese commander had kidnapped Chinese Dictator-&-Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, acted without a moment's hesitation and hijacked the kidnapping (TIME...
This hijacked kidnapping was easily the most important event of the year in Eastern Asia. While the Generalissimo was held captive in Sian, a stronghold surrounded by Chinese Communist armies with whom General Yang was on amicable terms, Dictator Chiang decided to reverse a basic policy of his Nanking Government -its hostility to Chinese Communists. For nearly ten years Chiang had fought the Reds and avoided fighting Japan. His Government now made peace with the Communists, announced proudly the "unification of China," and ever since Nanking has been taking a more & more courageous line with Tokyo. What General Yang personally...
...historic hijacking was last week smoothly called 'The Incident of 1936" by General Yang who explained in San Francisco: "It was to unite China...
...reporters wanted to know whether General Yang thinks his onetime captive, Dictator Chiang, is really in earnest now about hurling Chinese might against Japan, or may have to be kidnapped again. "If the Generalissimo leads the country to put up a strong resistance, the whole country will support him!" firmly replied General Yang, adding softly after a puff at his cigar: "If the Generalissimo does not put up a strong resistance-in that event I am not sure what would happen to our great leader...
...predicted five months ago when Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek returned from his kidnapping at the hands of General Yang Fu-cheng and Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, (TIME, Jan. 4), Kidnapper Yang last week announced that he was leaving the country. But not in disgrace, not as a prisoner. Kidnapper Yang let it be known that he had accepted a commission from Kidnappee Chiang to "investigate military and economic conditions in the United States and Europe." For pocket money and traveling expenses it was an nounced that the Chinese Treasury had given...