Former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) showed his greatness in ending martial law despite his background and connection to the authoritarian government, former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday at the opening of a park in honor of Chiang.
The Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park (經國七海文化園區) in Taipei’s Dazhi (大直) area includes Chiang’s former home known as the Seven Seas Residence (七海寓所) and the Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library.
It is the first library dedicated to the commemoration of a president in Taiwan and holds great historic and cultural value, Ma said.
The library’s use of green architecture and purpose as an educational space
/ Staff writer, with CNAA database of 55,000 documents related to former president Chiang Ching-kuo （蔣經國） was placed online on Wednesday, providing the public with a more comprehensive picture of the nation’s history and development, Academia Historica said.
A database of 55,000 documents related to former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) was placed online on Wednesday, providing the public with a more comprehensive picture of the nation’s history and development, Academia Historica said.
The database also provides information from an academic research perspective about a period that saw the loosening of the authoritarian regime under Chiang, Academia Historica said.
Chiang, the eldest son of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石), served as president from May 1978 to January 1988. He died on Jan. 13, 1988, at the age of 77.
In July 1987, Chiang Ching-kuo of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) declared an end to