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Chiang Kai-shek [a] (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and military commander. He was the head of the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party, General of the National Revolutionary Army, known as Generalissimo, and the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) in mainland China from 1928 until 1949.
- President of The Republic of China
President Chiang Kai-shek declared incapacity on 21 January...
- Soong Mei-ling
Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 5, 1898 –...
- Chiang Ching-kuo
During this period Chiang Kai-shek concluded that Chiang...
- Xi'an Incident
The Xi'an Incident was a major Chinese political crisis from...
- Yao Yecheng
Yao Yecheng (姚冶誠, 26 August 1887 – 1966), along with Chen...
- Chiang Wei-kuo
Chiang Wei-kuo (Chinese: 蔣緯國; 6 October 1916 – 22 September...
- Cihu Mausoleum
Cihu Mausoleum (Chinese: 慈湖陵寢; pinyin: Cíhú Língqǐn),...
- Shanghai Massacre
The Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927, the April 12 Purge...
- Li Zongren
Li Zongren (Chinese: 李宗仁; 13 August 1890 – 30 January 1969;...
- President of The Republic of China
May 19, 2024 · Chiang Kai-shek (born October 31, 1887, Fenghua, Zhejiang province, China—died April 5, 1975, Taipei, Taiwan) was a soldier and statesman, head of the Nationalist government in China from 1928 to 1949 and subsequently head of the Chinese Nationalist government in exile on Taiwan.
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- Chiang Kai-shek’s Early Life and Career
- Chiang Kai-Shek: Internal and External Conflict in China
- Chiang Kai-Shek: Civil War and Government in Exile
Born in the coastal province of Chekiang on October 31, 1887, Chiang ran away from home after his father died and joined the provincial army. He received formal military training at the Paoting Military Academy in northern China, and later in Japan. When uprisings against the ruling Qing (Manchu) dynasty broke out in China in 1911, Chiang returned ...
Chiang sought to institute a modest program of reforms, including financial and educational reforms, infrastructure improvements and a revival of Confucianism, supported by the “New Life Movement” campaign. The bulk of his government’s energies and resources, however, were focused on threats to its own stability from within and outside of China. Th...
In 1946, a year after Japan’s surrender, civil war broke out in China between KMT and Communist forces. With the Communist victory in mainland China in 1949, Mao declared the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. Upon his defeat, Chiang fled with the remnants of his Nationalist government to Taiwan, which had been turned over to the Nati...
Death and state funeral of Chiang Kai-shek. On April 5, 1975, at 23:50 TWT, Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo and President of the Republic of China, died of a heart attack resulting from kidney failure caused by advanced heart failure and pneumonia at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, at the age of 87.
Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese nationalist politician and military leader who was President of the Republic of China, born in Xikou on October 31, 1887. His father was a merchant who died when Chiang was eight years old.
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was one of the most important political leaders in twentieth century Chinese history, serving between Sun Yat-sen and Mao Zedong. He was a military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925.
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Chiang Kai-shek, the head of the Kuomintang, warned the Soviet Union and other foreign countries about interfering in Chinese affairs. He was personally angry at the way China was treated by foreigners, mainly by the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States.
