Chiang Ching-kuo, Taiwan ruler

Chicago Sun-Times | January 14, 1988 | Copyright

TAIPEI President Chiang Ching-kuo, 77, who ruled Taiwan during a turbulent period in which the island suffered increasing diplomatic isolation but also emerged as one of Asia's leading economic powers, died Wednesday here of a heart attack.

Vice President Lee Teng-hui was sworn in to succeed President Chiang, who, in the past year had overridden stiff resistance from hardliners in his government and pushed through reforms that gave the 20 million people of Taiwan a measure of political freedom and the opportunity to visit their relatives in mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait.

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