1Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China (1978-1988), oversaw Taiwan's economic takeoff and democratic opening
Jiǎng Jīngguó wǎnnián tuīdòng le Táiwān de mínzhǔhuà.
In his later years Chiang Ching-kuo pushed forward Taiwan's democratization.
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蒋经国 spent 12 years in the Soviet Union in the 1920s-30s and married a Russian woman (蒋方良). Late in life he lifted martial law in 1987 and legalized opposition parties, paving the way for Taiwan's democracy.
