Taiwan: Trial and Error

Confucius said that a man who commits a mistake and refuses to admit it, commits another and worse mistake. Whereas Truman, Marshall and Acheson strove to cover up the errors of their China policy by compounding them, their scapegoat, the National Government of China, has recognized and gone far to remedy its mistakes and failures on the mainland.

With few exceptions it was the best and most dedicated Chinese who accompanied the remnants of Chiang’s defeated forces from the mainland in China’s darkest hour, and have continued to stick it out on Formosa in the belief that if they reform themselves they will be able to liberate the mainland.

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Confucius said that a man who commits a mistake and refuses to admit it, commits another and worse mistake. Whereas Truman, Marshall and Acheson strove to cover up the errors of their China policy by compounding them, their scapegoat, the National Government of China, has recognized and gone far to remedy its mistakes and failures on the mainland.

With few exceptions it was the best and most dedicated Chinese who accompanied the remnants of Chiang’s defeated forces from the mainland in China’s darkest hour, and have continued to stick it out on Formosa in the belief that if they reform themselves they will be able to liberate the mainland.