John F. Kennedy, Chiang Kai-shek, and the Taiwan Question: An Analysis of Sino-American Relations in the 1950s - 1960s - a podcast by Thomas James Ciotola

"There are bigger issues at stake!"

With, of course, a keen emphasis on what lessons can be derived from this critical moment in a time (relatively not too long ago) that was a major turning point for not just America and China (as well as Taiwan), but the broader international community at large.

The 1960s were the era in which the post-WWII multilateral institutions (e.g. the United Nations, NATO, etc...) were still burgeoning and facing multiple crises that spanned the vast length and width of the entire globe and the many fledging nations contained within it. One of these that is still of particular salience to the present (2023) was the dispute between the ROC (Republic of China) and PRC (People's Republic of China) over who the UN (and the broader international community) should ultimately recognize and allow to hold the representative seat for "China" within its organization, and by extension which of the two so-called Chinas would get to enjoy the associated diplomatic privileges that being a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) provides.

Join Tom in this segment as he dives into the larger-than-life figures of both U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Learn more about how these particular two world leaders in the 1960s dealt with the still as of yet unanswered "Taiwan Question."

Keep in mind, that this segment is by no means conclusive, but it still can serve as a solid gateway into future discussions on this and other fascinating, interrelated subjects such as the original Cold War of the 20th century, especially the contemporary world is grappling with the potential of a second Cold War emerging in real-time.

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Source Highlighted: https://commons.und.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=9&article=1002&context=oers&type=additional

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-TJC

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