Description:
A former Kuomintang soldier and his wife who had moved from China after the Civil War, spend the final part of their lives at Baan Tam-Ngob, in Chiangmai, Thailand. December 10, 2007. The Kuomintang or KMT, a moderate socialist democratic party was founded in 1912, by several revolutionary groups and ruled much of China from 1928 until their defeat by the Communist Party of China, in 1949. The Kuomintang forces had to flee in Taiwan and Thailand from Communist persecution. In Thailand, there descendents have settled in the area of Baan Tam-Ngob, Chaiprakarn, Doi Mae Salong, Chiang Rai Province. Today there are very few exiled Kuomintang soldiers still alive. They try to preserve as much historical evidence in their area as they can.
Credits:
Patcharin (Thailand) Toraktrakul/Majority World
Description:
A former Kuomintang soldier and his wife who had moved from China after the Civil War, spend the final part of their lives at Baan Tam-Ngob, in Chiangmai, Thailand. December 10, 2007. The Kuomintang or KMT, a moderate socialist democratic party was founded in 1912, by several revolutionary groups and ruled much of China from 1928 until their defeat by the Communist Party of China, in 1949. The Kuomintang forces had to flee in Taiwan and Thailand from Communist persecution. In Thailand, there descendents have settled in the area of Baan Tam-Ngob, Chaiprakarn, Doi Mae Salong, Chiang Rai Province. Today there are very few exiled Kuomintang soldiers still alive. They try to preserve as much historical evidence in their area as they can.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Patcharin Toraktrakul
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Image Description:
A former Kuomintang soldier and his wife who had moved from China after the Civil War, spend the final part of their lives at Baan Tam-Ngob, in Chiangmai, Thailand. December 10, 2007. The Kuomintang or KMT, a moderate socialist democratic party was founde