A Study of the Issues of Chiang Kai-shek’s Anti-Communist Thoughts and the Right to Represent China in the United Nations

• Main Authors: LIN,ZONG-PU, 林宗蒲
• Other Authors: 談遠平
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55632342738718478967

碩士 === 國防大學政治作戰學院 === 政治研究所 === 103 === Since the Republic of China moved to Taiwan after being defeated by the Chinese Communist in Mainland China, it has emphasized a diplomatic policy of self-reliance. Through reviewing Chiang Kai-shek’s anti-communist thoughts and stance, this thesis attempts to study how our government made decisions about the seat in the United Nations and explore the reason why the Republic of China insisted on holding the policy of never compromising with the rebellious Chinese Communists and its influence on our country. As early as Kuomintang started its revolution to reform China, Chiang Kai-shek was caught in the middle of continuing clashes with Chinese Communists. By studying Communists, working with them, fighting with them, Chiang built a basic understaning of Chinese Communists. Later, while leading the campaigns of Northern Expedition, Rounding up Communist Rebellion, Sweeping Communist Unrest, Chiang became even firmer in his stance against Chinese Communists. This paper sorts out Chiang’s important speeches in his career to understand how he inherited Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary ideas, how he used the theory of the union of mind and material to counter materialism, and how he used the theories of Sun’s People’s Livelihood to argue against the communist theories about class struggle. Finally, this paper places an emphasis on how Chiang employed his will power to fight Chinese Communists’ efforts to take the seat in the United Nations. Looking back at the process of Chiang’s fight against Chinese Communists, we realize that he fully understood the damage that communism might bring to our nation and he relied on China’s traditional thoughts and the legitamacy of our constitution to counter Chinese Communists. As a result, while insisting on his stance, Chiang was flexible enough in his decisions regarding his diplomatic efforts to maximize our national interest during the battle over the right to represent China in the United Nations.