What is Fascism?

Fascism as a political movement began in Italy during World War 1. The term comes from the Latin “fasces”: an axe surrounded by a bundle of rods. This symbol of authority was carried into the ancient Roman senate to let everyone know that the Roman...

Chiang Kai-Shek (Part 3)

Once World War 2 ended in 1945 civil war resumed between the Nationalists and Communists in China. The Soviet Union occupied northern China and northern Korea, arming the Korean communists and installing their puppet government under Kim Il-Sung. The USSR also...

Chiang Kai-Shek (Part 2)

Chiang’s rule over China during World War 2 was in many ways disastrous for the Chinese people. The Japanese invaded Manchuria (northern China) in 1931 and set up a puppet government there. In 1937 they invaded the rest of China, and Chiang’s Nationalist...

Chiang Kai-Shek (Part 1)

Chiang Kai-Shek (1887-1975), was the de facto leader of the Republic of China from 1948-49 on the mainland, then from 1949 until his death in 1975 in Taiwan. Chiang served under Sun Yat Sen in the early years of the overthrow of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty. As a...

Sun Yat-Sen

Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925) is the father of modern China, and is much revered by both the free Chinese in the Republic of China on Taiwan, and also by the communists in mainland China. Today we would probably call him an outstanding man of many contradictions. He was...