People: Nov. 10, 1967

Every year Chiang Kai-shek decrees that there be no official observation of his birthday. Every year the Formosans disobey. This year, for the Gimo's 81st, dragon and lion dancers pranced through the streets of Taipei, and a delegation of 3,000 overseas Chinese presented gilt scrolls enumerating their achievements of the past year. Nationalist Vice President Chia-kan Yen proclaimed that Chiang's "achievements in the promotion of nationalism, democracy and the people's livelihood have made him the No. 1 man in the world."

No. 1 himself spent the day in seclusion with his family, explaining that a Chinese birthday celebration also marks the solemn...

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