After 20 years as China's leader, was Chiang Kai-shek on the way out? Last week Nationalist China's morale was so low that even some of the Gimo's sincere and patriotic supporters were asking the question.
"Now our gloom seems unshakable," said one high official. "Loss of confidence in the government is almost absolute. Everyone feels that he is in the shadow of imminent disaster. In the prevailing pessimism, people bicker and blame, but find no way out. They run to the government for personal favors, but never with wholehearted support. This is our...
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