A friend sent a text, concise and profound: "Admit that the foreign ** is independent, and dare not recover the Ryukyus, Chiang Kai-shek is a national sinner."
This short text seems to summarize Chiang Kai-shek's life and provokes thoughts about Chiang Kai-shek's fans. Now, let's take some historical materials as the basis and take a deep look at what Lao Jiang did, why it is so low in the eyes of future generations.
First, the Ryukyu issue. There is indeed a historical record of Lao Chiang's statement that he "does not want Ryukyu".
At the Egyptian Conference in 1943, Roosevelt proposed to return the Ryukyus to China, but Chiang tactfully proposed a plan of "Sino-US co-management" and rejected Roosevelt. This may be because Ryukyu was occupied by the Japanese army at that time, and Lao Chiang had a delicate relationship with Japan and did not dare to send troops to recover it.
In the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, Chiang had the opportunity to join forces with the U.S. military, but he chose to fight a civil war at home and missed the opportunity, allowing the Ryukyus to finally be occupied by the U.S. military.
Secondly, there is the issue of the surrendered areas of North Vietnam.
In 1945, China was designated as a surrender zone north of the 16th parallel, but Chiang gave up North Vietnam under French pressure and signed the Sino-French Agreement, allowing France and Vietnam to jointly manage defense. Chiang Sr. could have insisted on international agreements and garrisoned North Vietnam, but he chose to submit to France and renounce national sovereignty.
Finally, the external *** problem. At the 1945 meeting, Lao Chiang actually recognized the independence of Outer Mongolia and gave up this territory.
Although he later hoped to incorporate Outer Mongolia into Chinese territory, the international situation made it almost impossible to recover Outer Mongolia.
These three events reveal the narrow pattern and short-sighted decision-making of Lao Chiang.
He gave up his territory, had no insistence on national sovereignty, and only cared about his personal interests. At the critical moment, he chose to back down, lost the opportunity to defend his homeland, and was recognized as a "national sinner".