The APCisthe thirdoverseas Chinese Studiescentre of theChiangChing-kuoFoundation for InternationalScholarlyExchange, and alsoitsfirst centre in the Asia-Pacific region.
Apparently an early casualty of the campaign slugout was John Chang, son of late president Chiang Ching-kuo, who quit his presidential office post after publicly confirming newspaper reports of marital infidelity involving an actress.
When he assumed power upon the death of President Chiang Ching-kuo, he immediately turned to Chiang's former personal secretary, James Soong Chu-yu, to seek an alliance to purge the party of the old-guard mainland faction.