>Brad, > Well, of course, the great irony is that >the KMT did stuff in Taiwan that it never would >have don in China itself if it had not been booted >out. Most important was land reform. And, of >course, that was politically possible because >so many of the landlords were old connivers >with the former Japanese rulers, not heavy >duty backers of Chiang and the KMT. >Barkley Rosser Yep...