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=== The Civil War and Jiang's flight to Taiwan ===
=== The Civil War and Jiang's flight to Taiwan ===
General [[George C. Marshall]] was sent by President Truman as his personal representative to China, arriving on December 20, 1945. His specific instructions from Secretary of State [[James Byrnes]] were to insist on a coalition government as a condition for continued aid to the Nationalists. <ref>Forrest C. Pogue, ''George C. Marshall, Statesman, 1945-1959'', New York 1987, pg. 61.</ref> [[CCP]] leader [[Mao Zedong]] had already said publicly in April 1945 that a coalition government with the Chinese Nationalists would result in the defeat of "reactionary American imperialism." <ref>"On Coalition Government," address to the April 1945 Seventh National Convention of the Chinese Communist Party, quoted in Anthony Kubek, ''How the Far East Was Lost'', Chicago 1963, pg. 238.</ref> American policy in China was largely being shaped by the so-called "China Hands" in the [[U.S. State Department]]: [[John Stewart Service]], [[John Paton Davies]], [[John Carter Vincent]], and others. Because they knew the Chinese language and had been in China for years, their recommendations carried much weight, and they played a major part in the fall of China.
The [[U.S. War Department]] however, had more realistic and clearer view of the situation. In July 1945, a memorandum entitled, ''The Chinese Communist Movement'', gave a depiction of the true nature of the Communist movement. The report stated the Maoists were more rigidly controlled than the KMT, allowed no opposition groups to exist in their areas (in contrast to the KMT), and were part of the [[international Communist]] movement. <ref>Anne W. Carroll, [http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMELIBR/FR89102.TXT ''Who Lost China''], 1996. Retrieved from www.ewtn com/library/ August 16, 2007.</ref>
Jiang ostensibly converted to [[Christianity]] (specifically, to [[Methodism]]) on his marriage to [[Song Meiling]] and was a fierce opponent of [[Communism]].
When the [[Japan]]ese invaded [[Manchuria]] in 1931, Jiang gave precedence to defeating the internal threat posed by the Chinese communists over resisting the Japanese invasion. However the communists managed to evade final destruction, by fleeing from loyal forces on the [[Long March]] of 1934. Subsequent to [[World War II]], the resurgence of Communism under [[Mao Zedong]] resulted in civil war, and Jiang had to depart the Chinese mainland for the island of [[Taiwan]] in 1949, where he resumed his position as president, albeit of a massively reduced territory. The new government was a [[authoritarianism|authoritarian]] and repressive [[dictatorship]], but at least it was [[right-wing]] and friendly to the [[US]].
When the [[Japan]]ese invaded [[Manchuria]] in 1931, Jiang gave precedence to defeating the internal threat posed by the Chinese communists over resisting the Japanese invasion. However the communists managed to evade final destruction, by fleeing from loyal forces on the [[Long March]] of 1934. Subsequent to [[World War II]], the resurgence of Communism under [[Mao Zedong]] resulted in civil war, and Jiang had to depart the Chinese mainland for the island of [[Taiwan]] in 1949, where he resumed his position as president, albeit of a massively reduced territory. The new government was a [[authoritarianism|authoritarian]] and repressive [[dictatorship]], but at least it was [[right-wing]] and friendly to the [[US]].