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TIL South Korean President Park Chung Hee had good relations with Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek. Invited by Chiang, Park Chung-hee visited Taiwan in the 1960s. Many high-school students were mobilized to welcome him wherever he went just to boost his ego

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