José Kuang Chiang” in a Chinese translation.
The Chinese edition shows the Chinese characters for “José Kuang Chiang” as “Chiang Kai-shek” (“The Great”).
On May 3, 1995, the Associated Press added the article which said:
“President Jiang Zemin, leader of China’s Communist Party, said Tuesday he had a close, close friendship with President Chiang Kai-shek, whom he met a year ago in exile in Austria… “Mr. Chiang had offered his advice and counsel,” “Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily news briefing, without giving any details.”… “During the meeting, Mr. China urged Mr. Chiang to help the Philippines in its recent territorial disputes with Japan, after a Japanese fishing trawler was detained by Philippine coastguards on Nov. 2… “Mr. Chinese noted that the Philippines had already expressed interest in taking over the disputed Scarborough Shoal, an area in the South China Sea that Chinese islets have overlapping claims over. “He further said Beijing would support Philippine efforts to develop a strategic defense force to counter the spread of U.S. nuclear facilities or ballistic missiles to the region.”
Mr. Chiang was the political architect of several major military developments in China. By 1992, China, after gaining control over Taiwan and gaining control over a string of Pacific islands, achieved what had been a goal of Mr. Chiang’s: control of Taiwan. It now controlled the South China Sea and the Pacific with territorial claims stretching as far as the Japanese archipelago. For many in the Western world, it seemed possible that the United States and other European powers might give in to Mr. Chiang’s demands.
Accordingly, Mr. Chiang made a bold declaration that in the event of war with other nations, China would defend Taiwan unconditionally.
The press release noted that a subsequent statement of Mr. Chiang did not specifically refer to any nation as a threat to Taiwan.
The Chinese news agency Xinhua, in a report dated April 19, 1992, said these two declarations: “in no way reflect Chinese national policy. The main reason is… to maintain the international balance of power which is in the favor of China.”
In another Xinhua report dated May 22, 1992, according to which China had already made a number of territorial concessions to Japan, “China continues to exercise