Chiang Ching-kuo

American  

[jyahng jing-gwaw] / ˈdʒyɑŋ ˈdʒɪŋˈgwɔ /

noun

1. 1910–1988, Chinese political leader: president of the Republic of China 1978–88 (son of Chiang Kai-shek).

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Chiang Ching-kuo British  

/ ˈtʃæŋ tʃɪŋˈkwəʊ /

noun

1. 1910–88, Chinese statesman; the son of Chiang Kai-shek. He was prime minister of Taiwan (1971–78); president (1978–88)

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Example Sentences

Opinion leaders were asking whether China would ever have a leader like Chiang Ching-kuo, the Taiwanese president who gradually shifted away from the dictatorial rule of his father, Chiang Kai-shek, in the 1980s.

From New York Times

Armed with grants from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, she devoted the next three years to cataloging a database of 12,000 detailed immigrant records stored in 581 boxes that she had discovered in a National Archives warehouse in Bayonne, N.J.

From New York Times

Chiang Ching-kuo, who had succeeded his father as president of the Republic of China, saw signals of potential threats to the government among the restive Taiwanese population.

From Washington Post

Chiang's son, Chiang Ching-kuo, allowed more democratisation after coming to power.

From BBC

In November 1992, following the end of 38 years of martial law in Taiwan and the death of Chiang’s son and successor, Chiang Ching-kuo, Mr. Peng returned to Taiwan, where he was welcomed at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport by a crowd of about 1,000.

From New York Times