Chiang Kai-shek Quotes

For a period of 17 years - from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old - my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.

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• For a period of 17 years - from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old - my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.

  

  Chiang Kai-shek
  • Mother
  • Age
  • Free