• 0
  • 0 Items - £0.00
    0
    • No products in the cart.
Awaiting product image
American Gold in Post-Second World War Taiwan
Read sample

From £44.99

American Gold in Post-Second World War Taiwan

The Forgotten Free China
By: Wu Sing-yung

From £44.99

U.S. gold, sent to stabilize China's currency during WWII, played a pivotal role in enabling a free China to thrive in Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek wisely used the remaining reserve to support Taiwan's economy, creating crucial stability to avert a communist invasion.

This book documents the financial transaction of U.S. gold in Taiwan. This gold played a pivotal role in enabling a democratic and free China to…
From £44.99
From £44.99
Read sample
1-0364-0464-1 , ,
Share

This book documents the financial transaction of U.S. gold in Taiwan. This gold played a pivotal role in enabling a democratic and free China to thrive in Taiwan, defying all odds.

A staggering 6.28 million ounces of U.S. gold was delivered to China. The primary objective was to employ this gold to stabilize China’s national currency during WWII. In an ill-fated attempt to combat inflation, 4.21 million ounces of this gold were sold off between 1944 and 1947. About two million ounces of U.S. gold remained in the Nationalist Treasury by 1949, nearly half the total 4 million ounces. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist leader, wisely utilized this limited gold reserve to support a modest Nationalist force to resist Mao in the mainland and Formosa’s economy; this crucial period of stability in Taiwan was critical to avert communist invasion before the Korean War.

The book explores and analyses these events, and will be of particular interest to students and researchers of history.

Wu Sing-yung (Wu Xingyong) obtained a PhD in experimental pathology from the University of Washington, USA, in 1969, and a medical doctor’s degree at Johns Hopkins University, USA, in 1972. In 1990, he was promoted to Full Professor in the Radiological Sciences and Medicine Departments of the University of California’s (Irvine) College of Medicine, USA. His research and clinical interests include thyroid hormone metabolism and managing thyroid diseases. Dr Wu also has a keen interest in and affinity for modern Chinese history, stemming from his father’s role, as the Chief Financial General of the Nationalist Army, in establishing Taiwan as Free China and his own experience as a child on the mainland (and later in Taiwan). He has authored and edited six books tracing the facts surrounding the American gold shipped from the Shanghai National Vault to Taiwan from 1948 to 1949 during the Chinese Civil War.

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-0464-1
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-0464-2
  • Date of Publication: 2024-06-24

Paperback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-1813-8
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-1813-7
  • Date of Publication: 2024-11-21

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-0364-0465-X
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-0465-9
  • Date of Publication: 2024-11-21
, ,
480

Subject Codes:

  • BIC: BGH, BTM, HBL
  • THEMA: DNBH, DNXM, NHB
480

Recommended

9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe

Past and Present Volume III
Edited By: Gerhard Besier, Katarzyna Stokłosa
From £40.99

This history documents the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eastern Europe. It compares their survival under different political systems, from dictatorships to modern Russia, where a renewed ban has returned Soviet-era conditions of repression.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Writing Out of Limbo

International Childhoods, Global Nomads and Third Culture Kids
Edited By: Nina Sichel, Elaine Neil Orr, Faith Eidse
From £29.99

They are Third Culture Kids. While their global lifestyle offers an expanded worldview, it brings recurring losses. In this collection, writers from around the world explore the search for identity, belonging, and a place to call “home.”

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Protection, Patronage, or Plunder? British Machinations and (B)uganda’s Struggle for Independence

By: Apollo N. Makubuya
From £25.99

Under the guise of protection, Britain overran, plundered and disempowered the kingdom of Buganda. Based on newly de-classified records, this book reconstructs the machinations of British rule in Uganda, demonstrating how its colonial past shapes its future.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Daughters of the Nile

Egyptian Women Changing Their World
Edited By: Samia Spencer
From £24.99

Highlighting pioneering and ground-breaking Egyptian women that the media have overlooked and ignored, this collection shatters the monolithic and unflattering stereotype of contemporary Egyptian women as victims, uneducated and uncivilized, dominated by men.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Selahattin Ülkümen, the Turkish Righteous among the Nations

By: Yücel Güçlü
From £32.99

Selahattin Ülkümen, a Turkish diplomat, is the only Muslim designated “Righteous among the Nations” for saving 42 Jews from the Nazis at his own risk. The remarkable story of this hero is an important but little-known aspect of Holocaust history. This book fills that void.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium

Kings, Symbols, and Cities
By: Mario Baghos
From £25.99

This book combines the history of religions with Byzantine studies to analyze kings, symbols, and cities. It demonstrates how the ancient pagan ruler cult was gradually replaced by the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ, the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator).

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Eco–Art History in East and Southeast Asia

Edited By: De-nin D. Lee
From £35.99

This anthology examines artwork and sites in East and Southeast Asia through the lens of eco–art history, exploring the mutual impact of artistic expression and local environments. Case studies range from the Little Ice Age to contemporary responses to climate change.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Realising Health

The Peckham Experiment, Its Descendants, and the Spirit of Hygiea
By: Philip Conford
From £19.99

This book examines the Pioneer Health Centre, a world-renowned experiment in health-creation. Forced to close in 1950, its ideas continue to inspire. It investigates why such initiatives struggle against a culture that values cure more than prevention.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Untold Histories of Nigerian Women

Emerging from the Margins
By: Tayo Agunbiade
From £39.99

This book frees women from the margins of Nigeria’s history, chronicling their resistance movements. From protests against colonial taxation to contemporary struggles against oil exploitation and mass abductions, it highlights the voice and agency of Nigerian women.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

The Belligerent Prelate

An Alliance between Archbishop Daniel Mannix and Eamon de Valera
By: Patrick Mannix
From £14.99

This book is an examination of the pivotal alliance between Taoiseach Eamon de Valera and Archbishop Daniel Mannix. It explores how their bond aided Ireland’s push for independence and why Mannix, once revered, became an isolated figure after 1925.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Meet The Author

Wu Sing-yung

No products were found matching your selection.