The Uralmash heavy machinery plant, once known as the “father of factories,” is engulfed by verdure. Novelist Lev Ovalov made that much clear in Zina Demina, his 1937 novel based on life at Uralmash.

Taiwan has launched an online archive of written records on the late Chiang Ching-kuo, who was the self-ruled island's president during the volatile era when Washington switched diplomatic ties to ...

When the United Airlines jet landed at Washington Airport last week, General Chiang Ching-kuo walked unnoticed past the waiting reception committee of U.S. officials and Chinese diplomats. It was not ...

Chiang Ching-kuo,president of the KMT and ruler of Taiwan since 1978 died on 13.January 1988.His appointed successor Lee Teng-hui, former mayor of Taipei, must consolidate his power,especially within ...

Was Chiang Ching-kuo the son by blood? INDEPENDENCE IS NOT THE only hot topic in Taiwan. During his decades-long exile on the island, Chiang Kai-shek fostered a personality cult. Every town had his ...

Faina Chiang, 88, the shy Russian-born wife of the late Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo, has died. She died Wednesday of complications from lung cancer at a Taipei hospital, doctors said. She met ...