In 1960, then-US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in order to enhance his political influence and contain China in the Asian region and create contradictions, went so far as to openly visit Taiwan in disregard of the facts. The Taiwan authorities organized 500,000 people to greet him, and this photo is the scene of Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Meiling accompanying Eisenhower when he gave a speech in Taiwan. At the Supreme Council of State Affairs, Chairman Mao proposed: "Since Eisenhower visited Taiwan, we also have to express that we will welcome guests with 70,000 shells, and we will still exchange courtesies!" The next day, artillery roared on the front line in Fujian, and 70,000 shells fired at Kinmen. In a panic, Eisenhower hurriedly ended his trip and left Taiwan ahead of schedule. Eisenhower became the only U.S. president to visit Taiwan during his presidency.
In January 1944, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling inspected India.
On April 10, 1958, Hu Shih was entrusted by Chiang Kai-shek to assume the post of president of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. After the inauguration ceremony, Hu Shih and Chiang Kai-shek took a group photo that has been handed down to this day. Hu Shi cocked Erlang's legs and looked at Chiang Kai-shek slightly sideways, relaxed, as if he was just an ordinary person sitting next to him. In terms of age, Chiang Kai-shek was born in 1887 and Hu Shi was born in 1891, and Chiang Kai-shek was four years older than Hu Shih.
In Beijing in 1919, Mei Lanfang, a master of modern Chinese Peking Opera, took a group photo with her mother to celebrate her 80th birthday.
In 1923, the young Sun Liren took a photo with his father Sun Xize. At this time, he was still studying at Tsinghua University, and a year later he studied abroad at public expense, and after obtaining a degree in civil engineering in the United States, he decided to change his military studies and successfully entered the Virginia Military Academy in the United States, and since then he has entered the military career. Sun Liren, a second-class army general, was transferred out of the Northeast in August 1947 and served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army.
In 1914, Song Ailing, the eldest of the three Song sisters, had just gotten married, and the family took this group photo.
In 1932, Zhang Xueliang accompanied Mussolini's daughter Ida on a tour of the Great Wall.
In 1966, Aixin Jueluo Puyi and Aixin Jueluo Pujie.
In the 50s of the last century, a family photo taken by Song Ziwen's family.
In the shot, Song Ziwen sits in the middle position, holding a cute and cute little grandson in his arms, and on Song Ziwen's right is his wife Zhang Leyi, who is almost 50 years old, but the years do not seem to have left too many traces on her face. Song Ziwen's three daughters are Song Qiongyi, Song Manyi, Song Ruiyi, and the two sons-in-law are also talented. On the eve of liberation, Song Ziwen took his family to the United States until his death in 1971.
In 1928, Xu Guangping knitted a wool shoulder for Mr. Lu Xun.
On May 1, 1933, International Labor Day, Lu Xun in Shanghai went to Chunyang Photo Studio to take this precious photo.
This photo was taken in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi in 1937, Chairman Mao's hands on his waist, his face was calm, and he was awe-inspiring and righteous. Zhang Guotao put his hands behind his back, smiling slightly, looking obliquely ahead, giving people an inscrutable color.
Zhang Guotao, born on November 26, 1897, is a native of Pingxiang, Jiangxi. One of the early founders of the Communist Party of China, he joined the early organization of the Communist Party of China in Beijing in 1920 and became a member of the Communist Party (later expelled from the party). In June 1948, he founded the weekly magazine Chuangjin in Shanghai and continued to carry out anti-communist propaganda. In November of the same year, he went to Taiwan, moved to Hong Kong in 1949, and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1968. On December 3, 1979, 82-year-old Zhang Guotao froze to death in a nursing home.
From April 6 to May 2, 1935, Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo, visited Japan for the first time. This visit to Japan was to thank Emperor Showa (Hirohito) for sending Prince Yongren to celebrate the "enthronement ceremony" as a return gift.
The color photo of the last queen Wanrong, Wanrong is a talented woman who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. With a noble status, her life was not happy after marrying Pu Yi, she was mentally empty, she became addicted to smoking, and died early at the age of 40.
In 1968, 18-year-old Ma Ying-jeou took a photo with his parents in the barracks. Ma Ying-jeou, born in Hong Kong on July 13, 1950, is the former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang and the former leader of the Taiwan region.
In August 1966, Ye Qun took a group photo with Li Ne, Lin Doudou, Tan Houlan, and Wang Dabin on the Tiananmen Gate.
Tan Houlan, who became a cadre of the Department of Political Science and Education of Beijing Normal University in 1965, was known as the "Five Leaders of the Beijing Rebels" during the Cultural Revolution, along with Kuai Dafu of Tsinghua University, Nie Yuanzi of Peking University, Han Aijing of Beijing Institute of Aeronautics, and Wang Dabin of Beijing Institute of Geology. They led and participated in a series of rebellions in the early days of the Cultural Revolution. Tan Houlan once led the Red Guards to destroy cultural heritage such as the Confucius Temple, Confucius Mansion, and Confucius Forest in Qufu. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, she died of cervical cancer in remorse at the age of 45 and never married.
Wang Dabin, sentenced to 9 years in prison, was released in 1983, and after being released from prison, Wang Dabin devoted himself to industrial construction and served as the general manager of a company in Dujiangyan City. On June 26, 2019, Wang Dabin died of illness.
The Cultural Revolution period was the peak of Lin Biao's life, and the picture shows Lin Biao and Ye Qun meeting the Red Guards on the tower of Tiananmen Square.
In July 1970, the iron man Wang Jinxi's family took a photo in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Wife Wang Lanying, eldest son Wang Yueping, and youngest daughter Wang Yueqin, facing the camera, Wang Jinxi's waist was straight, with a bright smile on his face. At this time, Wang Jinxi had just been diagnosed with stomach cancer, and it was already at an advanced stage. He knew that his days were numbered, so he took his family to the sacred place of Tiananmen Square and took this family photo.
In 1965, Li Peng took a group photo with his eldest son Li Xiaopeng and second son Li Xiaoyong. Li Peng, then 37 years old, was the director of the Fuxin Power Plant in Liaoning Province and later became the premier of the Republic.
Sun Yuguo, in 1969, was awarded the title of "Battle Hero" by the state for his heroic performance in the Battle of Zhenbao Island and was elected as a representative of the "Ninth National Congress". As soon as he returned from a meeting in Beijing, Sun Yuguo was directly promoted from the head of the border station (a cadre at the deputy company level) to the deputy head of the border defense regiment, going to various parts of the country to make reports, and then from deputy head to head of the regiment. In December 1973, the Central Military Commission appointed Sun Yuguo as the deputy commander of the Heilongjiang Provincial Military Region, and in 1974, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the Shenyang Military Region by the Military Commission. Sun Yuguo, deputy commander of the military region, was dismissed after only three years. Originally, he would have been subject to more severe punishment according to the mistakes he had made, but in view of his good attitude in admitting his mistakes and his meritorious service, the higher-level leaders opened up a new door to him and allowed him to transfer back to work in the local area as a regimental-level cadre. In March 1983, Sun Yuguo obeyed the organizational arrangement and transferred to a military factory in Shenyang as deputy director.