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CHANG KAI-SHEK (1887-1975). Photograph signed in Chinese, by Hu Chung Hsien (imprint on verso), n.p., n.d. [circa 1950]. 145 x 94 mm. (5 15/16 x 3¾ in.) including margins. A quarter-length portrait, signed on the lower-left corner of the image.
"A military aide to Sun Yat-sen (lot xxx), Chiang initiated the long civil war between his Nationalist forces and the Communists. He lost, and was forced to retreat to the island of Taiwan in 1950"--W.M.
"A military aide to Sun Yat-sen (lot xxx), Chiang initiated the long civil war between his Nationalist forces and the Communists. He lost, and was forced to retreat to the island of Taiwan in 1950"--W.M.