Chiang Kai shek

Chiang Kaishek was a Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. He is known by his given name Chiang Chungcheng or his courtesy name Chiang Chiehshih in Standard Chinese. Chiang was an influential member of the Kuomintang , the Chinese Nationalist Party, and was a close ally of Sun Yatsen. He became the Commandant of the Kuomintangs Whampoa Military Academy and took Suns place as leader of the KMT when Sun died in 1925. In 1926, Chiang led the Northern Expedition to unify the country, becoming Chinas nominal leader. He served as Chairman of the National Military Council of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1948. Chiang led China in the Second SinoJapanese War , consolidating power from the partys former regional warlords. Unlike Sun Yatsen, Chiang Kaishek was socially conservative, promoting traditional Chinese culture in the New Life Movement and rejecting western democracy and the n

Chiang was born in Xikou, a town approximatelykilometres southwest of Ningbo city centre, in Fenghua, Zhejiang. However, his ancestral home, a concept important in Chinese society, was the town of Heqiao in Yixing, Jiangsu, approximately 38160km southwest of central Wuxi, and 10160km from the shores of Lake Tai. Chiangs father, Jiang Zhaocong , and mother, Wang Caiyu , were members of an uppermiddle to upperclass family of salt merchants. Chiang lost his father when he was eight, and he wrote of his mother as the embodiment of Confucian virtues.

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