From: zzuo@iastate.edu (Zhiqi Zuo)
Subject: Re: Most Ridiculous ? (Re: The Six-Year National Development Plan for Taiwan, "R.O.C")
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 01:04:01 GMT

In article <Apr.14.19.19.48.1992.10707@math.rutgers.edu> lko@math.rutgers.edu (lko) writes:
>In article <1992Apr14.180021.17755@news.iastate.edu>, zzuo@iastate.edu (Zhiqi Zuo) writes:
>> In article <1992Apr14.061814.4697@acs.ucalgary.ca> bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens) writes:
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>> >Funny, when talking about China, that the word "intellectuals" keeps
>> >pooping up...  When you talk about the US, I doubt that you ever
>> >used the word.
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>> Do you know what is the percentage of the people who were literate at the time
>> , in China ? "Gao1 Xiao3 " , not " Gao1 Xiao4" was a vwry admiring education
>> level at the time . " Gao1 Xiao3" ==== junior elementary school .
                                          ^^^^^^^ should be senior

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>    Good. Let's make a comparison. At the time Taiwan's elementary 
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ before 1948 ?

>education was 92.5%, i.e., 92% of school aged children received
>elementary education. (p. 693, Taiwanese 400 years History). 
>Furthermore, I believe the elementary educations in Taiwan at the 
>time was much more modern than that in China.

Mainland China's situation was quite unbalanced . In some cities , the educational
level was higher than countryside . tens of years war exhausted the country .

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>> >>  3. How much of the gold reserve was transfered to Taiwan through warships ? 
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>> >I am sure there was gold transferred out of China.  But how long
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>> I am sure , since I located in a book by a American expert .
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>> >do you think it stayed in Taiwan on its way to Switzerland?
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>> You don't know , I don't know either . So what's your point ?
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>     If you don't know how long those gold reserve stayed in
>Taiwan, how do you claim that it is relevant to Taiwan's 

I admit I have no confidence for that . But I am wondering two things :
Why did Taiwan have impressive gold reserve since 1949 ? Could they transport
gold without other countries' knowledge ? I remember at one time even USA
control the its transfer to the other countries .  

>development? In addition, would you mind showing us a few simple
>figures? There were between 1 to 1.5 millions mainlanders who fled

I used to remember numbers as my basis to argue with other people . But about
Taiwan , I need more time to accumulate statics . I only begin to learn about 
Taiwan from western sources and the talks with Taiwan students here . More
time is needed to know more about it . That is why I used "Factually " and 
" partly" to be cautious .

>to Taiwan. How much does it cost to shelter and feed so many people
>for, say, one year? What was the amount of gold reserve that was

What I know from some western resources is Chiang began to prepare for the
retreat well before Jan 1, 1949 .

>brought to Taiwan? Assuming that none of the gold went into somebody's
>pocket, how long could those gold last just to shelter and feed the
>inflood of mainlanders? 

Don't forget Chiang's old friend , Uncle Sam .  I heard from an american 
friend here that Taiwan was a part of the project of $1 billion support ( another
part was Japan ). ------- Honestly , I only knew Mac Arthur had said to the
president of United States : " Give me bread , or bullet ." ------- when refer to 
the difficult situation postwar in Japan .

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>lehhun