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<h3 style="margin-top:0;"><a style="font-weight: 500; font-size: 21px;line-height: 30px; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom: 10px;" href="http://u.osu.edu/mclc/2019/03/25/republican-chinas-most-mysterious-man/" target="_blank">Republican China’s most mysterious man</a></h3>
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<p>Source: China Channel, LARB (3/22/19)<br />
<a href="https://chinachannel.org/2019/03/22/dai-li/">Republican China’s Most Mysterious Man</a><br />
By Kevn McGeary</p>
<p>The first half of the 20th century had many characters – <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-lawrence-arabia-180951857/" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external">T.E. Lawrence</a> springs to mind – who excelled as both men of thought and men of action, living lives that dwarf any author’s imagination. As Orson Welles ad-libbed in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/02/the-third-man-review-philip-french" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external"><em>The Third Man</em></a>, there is something about living through the kind of times nobody wants to live through that brings out greatness.</p>
<p>Another such man was Dai Li 戴笠. A genius of military intelligence, Dai (also known as Dai Yunong 戴雨農) was China’s most accomplished assassin during the War of Resistance against Japan. As well as helping Chiang Kai-shek claim the scalps of high-profile enemies and defectors, he also bedded some of the most glamorous women of his day.</p>
<p>After Dai’s death in a plane crash on March 17, 1946, Chiang Kai-shek is known to have rallied his troops by insisting, “Dai Li never died.” His death was indeed mysterious and conveniently timed for those who might have wanted him dead. Several years ago, on the anniversary of his “disappearance,” <a href="http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2015/03-17/7134971.shtml" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external">Xinhua</a> went over the whole story and the various conspiracy theories around the plane crash. However, none are as bizarre as the official history. <a href="http://u.osu.edu/mclc/2019/03/25/republican-chinas-most-mysterious-man/#more-29134" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Republican China’s most mysterious man">(more…)</span></a></p>
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