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Chiang Wei-kuo (Chinese: 蔣緯國; 6 October 1916 – 22 September 1997), also known as Wego Chiang, was the adopted son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, the adoptive brother of President Chiang Ching-kuo, a retired Army general, and an important figure in the Kuomintang.
The Chiang family (Chinese: 蔣中正家族／蔣介石家族) is a political family of the Republic of China with Wu Chinese background from Zhejiang province. Members of a prosperous family of salt merchants , the Chiang family held senior positions in Chinese politics first on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan after 1949 .
Weiguo is the Mandarin Pinyin spelling of three Chinese masculine given names (see table). These names are also spelled Wei-kuo in Mandarin Wade-Giles (used in Taiwan), Wai-kwok in typical Hong Kong Cantonese spelling, or Wee-kok in Minnan pronunciation.
Beginning in 1928, Chiang Kai-shek ruled China for approximately 20 years before continuing his leadership in Taiwan for another 30 years. Despite his long tenure, he had only two sons, Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Wei-kuo. Chiang Ching-kuo succeeded his father in Taiwan, leading for 10 years during which he implemented several reforms. [5]
Chiang Kai-shek: 20 May 1948－5 April 1975 Chiang Kai-shek, Soong May-ling, Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Wei-kuo: Yen Chia-kan: 6 April 1975－20 May 1978 Yen Chia-kan, Liu Chi-chun, 嚴雋榮, 嚴雋森, 嚴雋同, 嚴雋泰, 嚴雋建, 嚴雋華, 嚴雋菊, 嚴雋芸, 嚴雋荃: Chiang Ching-kuo: 20 May 1978－13 January 1988
The military guard of honour and the band of the Ministry of National Defense then followed behind the hearse, with a detachment of officers carrying each of Chiang Kai-Shek's medals. Directly behind the hearse walked Soong Mei-Ling, supported by Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Wei-kuo, with attending dignitaries following behind them. [7]
The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
A Chinese keyboard in Shek Tong Tsui Municipal Services Building, Hong Kong with Cangjie hints printed on the lower-left corners of the keys. (Printed on the lower-right and upper-right corners are Dayi hints and Zhuyin symbols respectively.) Cangjie is the first Chinese input method to use the QWERTY keyboard.