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Chiang Ching-kuo lies in state. Chiang Ching-kuo died at Taipei Veterans General Hospital on 13 January 1988, aged 77, from a heart attack. He used a wheelchair during the last months of his life, and also had diabetes, alongside vision and heart problems.
- 1937—1968
- Chiang Kai-shek, Yen Chia-kan
Jan 14, 1988 · President Chiang Ching-kuo of Taiwan died of a heart attack yesterday, ending a four-decade era in which Chinese who fled the mainland in 1949 were the prime leaders of the island nation. His...
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Mar 14, 2024 · Chiang Ching-kuo (born March 18, 1910, Fenghua, Zhejiang province, China—died Jan. 13, 1988, Taipei, Taiwan) was the son of Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi), and his successor as leader of the Republic of China (Taiwan). His father’s death in 1975 was followed by a caretaker presidency until March 21, 1978, when Chiang Ching-kuo (Jiang ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 14, 1988 · By JIM MANN. Jan. 14, 1988 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Taiwan’s President Chiang Ching-kuo, who ruled during a turbulent period in which the island suffered increasing diplomatic isolation...
Jan 14, 1988 · standards in Asia to the staunchly anticommunist island off the coast of. China, died today at Veterans General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, after. a heart attack. He had diabetes. He moved the ...
- Daniel Southerland
Jan 7, 2018 · JAN. 8 to Jan. 14. When former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) died on Jan. 13, 1988, the reactions were quite different from when his father, Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) passed away 13 years earlier. With the elder Chiang, “the press and ranking officials had employed the contrived language of the imperial court to describe the ...
Aug 8, 2021 · By New York Times News Service. PUBLISHED: January 14, 1988 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 8, 2021 at 10:12 p.m. President Chiang Ching-kuo of Taiwan died of a heart attack Wednesday, ending...