The Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song was written shortly after Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 President Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Ching-kuo , Kuomintang politician and leader, was the son of President Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China...

 died in 1988. The music composer was Chinese composer Hwang Yau-tai

Hwang Yau-tai

Hwang Yau-tai or Huang Youdi or Huang Yau-tai 黃友棣 was a Chinese musician, writer and composer...

 (Huang You-di) who also composed the "Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song

The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song was written to commemorate the late President Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China. There are two songs, the second song was written by Hwang Yau-tai or Huang Youdi, Huang Yu-ti in 1975, who later also wrote Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song in 1988...

" in 1975. Chiang Ching-kuo was the son of the late President

President of the Republic of China

The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the Republic of China . The Republic of China was founded on January 1, 1912, to govern all of China...

 Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

. Along with his father, Chiang Ching-kuo fled Mainland China to Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 in 1949 as the Chinese Communists took control of the Mainland.

See also

• Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song
  Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song
  The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song was written to commemorate the late President Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China. There are two songs, the second song was written by Hwang Yau-tai or Huang Youdi, Huang Yu-ti in 1975, who later also wrote Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song in 1988...
  
  
• Propaganda in the Republic of China
  Propaganda in the Republic of China
  Propaganda has been an important tool of the Republic of China government since its inception in 1912. It also was an important tool in legitimizing the Kuomintang controlled Republic of China government that retreated from Mainland China to Taiwan in 1949....