Decoding the Republic of China: Chiang Kai-shek, the Great Leader More Wronged than Dou E

A careful reading of Zhu Zongzhen's 'Chiang Kai-shek's Reflection on the 1948 Constitutionalism' reveals the integrity, painful soul, and regrets of Chiang as he navigated the ROC's journey from constitutional preparation to implementation between 1946 and 1948. To prevent China from becoming a Marxist-Leninist cultural colony, Chiang, a hero who fought for most of his life, is still branded a traitor by the descendants of the very people he sought to protect. Truly, he is more wronged than Dou E.