Seven Seas Residence

Seven Seas Residence, also called Chihai, located in Taipei, Taiwan on Beian Street within the grounds of the Republic of [China Navy#Republic of China Navy Command Headquarters|ROC naval headquarters], was the official residence of Republic of China President Chiang Ching-kuo.

Name

The Residence is called Seven Seas because of the guardhouse code-named Seven Seas to recognize the contributions of the United [States Seventh Fleet] in protecting Taiwan during the First [Taiwan Strait Crisis].

History

It acted as a naval reception center in the 1950s. Chiang Ching-kuo originally lived in a Japanese style home on Chang'an East Road, but moved to the Seven Seas Residence in 1968. In 2022, the grounds were transformed into the Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park, including the Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library.