Question

Two brothers with this family name, Lifu and Guofu, founded the CC Clique, an extreme faction of the Kuomintang. For 10 points each:
[10h] A governor with the given name Yi and what family name was executed for his role in suppressing the 228 incident?
ANSWER: Chen [or Chan; accept Chen Yi; accept Chen Lifu; accept Chen Guofu]
[10m] The influential “four big families” of the Republic of China included the Chen family and this family. Sun Yat-sen married the middle of three famous sisters belonging to this family.
ANSWER: Soong [or Sòng; accept Soong sisters; accept Soong Ai-ling; accept Soong Ching-ling; accept Soong Mei-ling]
[10e] This patriarch of one of the “four big families” extended his influence by marrying the youngest of the Soong sisters, Mei-ling. This leader of the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan after his defeat in the Chinese Civil War.
ANSWER: Chiang Kai-shek [or Jiang Jieshi; or Chiang Chung-cheng]
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