US Ambassador Carl Rankin, US Vice President Richard Nixon, ROC army chief General Sun Li-jen, and ROC secret police chief Chiang Ching-kuo in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 8-12 Nov 1953

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Caption     US Ambassador Carl Rankin, US Vice President Richard Nixon, ROC army chief General Sun Li-jen, and ROC secret police chief Chiang Ching-kuo in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 8-12 Nov 1953 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Taipei, Taiwan
Date 8 Nov 1953
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Licensing  This anonymous work originating in the Republic of China is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 50 years after the work was made available to the public. The Republic of China governed mainland China until 1949, after which it relocated to Taiwan. Copyright protection for anonymous works under the post-1949 communist Beijing government is also 50 years.

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1. David Cheng Chang says:
14 Jan 2022 01:54:36 PM

The left is US ambassador Carl Rankin, not Eisenhower. The photo was taken 1953.11.08-12. Sun was put under house arrest in mid 1955. He wasn't freed until the late 1980s.
2. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
18 Jan 2022 09:39:30 AM

Thank you, David Cheng Chang, the identification of the man on the left as well as the date have been updated in the caption.

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