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Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was the President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1975 and the head of the Nationalist government from 1925 to 1948. As the de facto leader of the Republic of China (ROC), he ruled the country through World War II and oversaw the relocation of its government to Taiwan following defeat in the Chinese Civil War.
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politics · Leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975 · politician · military personnel · also Chiang Kai-shek, Jiǎng Zhōutài, Chiang Chou-t‘ai, Chiang Chi-chi'ing, Chiang Chou-tai, Chiang Chung-cheng
Born 31 October 1887 · Died 5 April 1975 · Q16574
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2026· 3 entries
rti.org.tw: Legislature weighs turning Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall into ‘democratic education park’ - Rti
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新住民全球新聞網: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Launches Eight-Language Audio Guide, Inviting Visitors to Experience Democracy in Their Familiar Language
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2004· 1 entry
Chiang Fang-liang, the widow of Chiang Ching-kuo, asked for both father and son to be buried at Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery in Xizhi, Taipei County (now New Taipei City)
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1988· 2 entries
Was entombed in a separate mausoleum in nearby Touliao
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To commemorate Chiang Kai-shek
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1978· 1 entry
Was caused by Chinese anger by Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda attending Chiang's funeral
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1975· 4 entries
Died 1975-04-05.
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“As long as we have Taiwan, the Communists can never win.”
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“If when I die, I am still a dictator, I will certainly go down into the oblivion of all dictators. If, on the other hand, I succeed in establishing a truly stable foundation for a democratic government, I will live forever in every home in China.”
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26 years after Chiang had come to Taiwan, he died in Taipei at the age of 87
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1972· 2 entries
Won: Gambia with Order of Civil Merit (1965) (November 1972).
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Shortly after Kakuei Tanaka had succeeded Sato as Prime Minister of Japan, the memory of the relationship was strong enough to be reported by The New York Times (15 April 1978) as a significant factor inhibiting trade be
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1971· 1 entry
The former Australian opposition leader Gough Whitlam (who became Prime Minister in 1972, and swiftly relocated the Australian mission from Taipei to Beijing) visited Japan
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1967· 1 entry
Won: Malawi with Order of Civil Merit (1965) (August 1967).
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1966· 1 entry
Won: Bolivia with Order of Civil Merit (1965) (March 1966).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (1965).
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1963· 2 entries
Won: Thailand with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (June 1963).
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Won: Colombia with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (October 1963).
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1962· 1 entry
Won: Paraguay with Order of Ruben Dario (October 1958) (May 1962).
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1960· 3 entries
Won: Argentina with Order of Civil Merit (1965) (October 1960).
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Won: Panama with Order of Ruben Dario (October 1958) (February 1960).
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Won: Vietnam (Nguyễn dynasty) with Order of Civil Merit (1965) (January 1960).
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1959· 1 entry
Won: Jordan with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (March 1959).
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1957· 1 entry
Won: Greece with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (March 1957).
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1956· 1 entry
Won: Guatemala with Order of Civil Merit (1965) (December 1956).
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1954· 2 entries
Won: Venezuela with Order of Civil Merit (1965) (July 1954).
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The Changhua monk Kao Chih-te and two others were sentenced to 12 years in prison for providing aid to accused communists
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1950· 4 entries
Career landmark: President of the Republic of China (1950–1975).
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Chiang Ching-kuo became head of Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, which he remained until 1965
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Lin Pang-chun and two other men were arrested on charges of financial crimes and sentenced to 3–10 years in prison
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Ultimately chose to initiate a major reform effort within the KMT, launching the Party Reform Program (國民黨改造方案) and establishing the Central Reform Committee (中央改造委員會)
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1949· 2 entries
A Nationalist court acquitted General Okamura Yasuji, the chief commander of Japanese forces in China, of alleged war crimes, retaining him as an advisor
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Chiang's KMT was defeated by Mao's CCP and retreated to Taiwan
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1948· 4 entries
Won: Sweden with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (June 1948).
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Won: Italy with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (April 1948).
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Career landmark: President of the Republic of China (1948–1949).
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Was re-elected five times by the same Eternal Parliament with six-year terms as President of the ROC, the head of a de facto one-party state, for 25 years until his death
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1947· 4 entries
Career landmark: member of the 1st National Assembly of the Republic of China (1947–1975).
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Career landmark: Premier of the Republic of China (1947–1947).
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And Chiang was elected by the National Assembly as the first President of the Republic of China on 20 May 1948
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Known as the February 28 incident, the KMT-led political repression resulted in the death or the disappearance of up to 30,000 Taiwanese intellectuals, activists, and people suspected of opposition to the KMT
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1946· 1 entry
Won: Belgium with Order of Civil Merit (1965) (June 1946).
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1945· 4 entries
Won: Czechoslovakia with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (May 1945).
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Won: Mexico with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (April 1945).
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Won: France with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (January 1945).
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And was felt especially strongly as a bond of personal obligation by the most senior members who were in power
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1944· 4 entries
Won: Chile with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (January 1944).
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Won: Peru with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (October 1944).
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Won: Brazil with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (1944).
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The United States Army Air Corps commenced Operation Matterhorn to bomb Japan's steel industry from bases to be constructed in mainland China
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1943· 3 entries
Chiang attended the Cairo Conference to discuss the terms of Japan's surrender, including the retrocession of Taiwan, after which he suppressed the February 28 Incident
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Career landmark: President of the National Government of the Republic of China (1943–1948).
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Roosevelt asked Chiang whether China desired the Ryukyu Islands as territories restored from Japan
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1942· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1942).
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Chiang went on tour in northwestern China in Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Qinghai, where he met the Muslim Generals Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang
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1941· 1 entry
Won: United Kingdom with Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 February 1966) (1941).
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1939· 2 entries
Career landmark: Premier of the Republic of China (1939–1945).
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The Muslim leaders Isa Yusuf Alptekin and Ma Fuliang were sent by Chiang to several Middle Eastern countries, including Egypt, Turkey, and Syria, to gain support for the war against Japan and to express his support for M
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1937· 1 entry
Awarded Time Person of the Year (1937).
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1936· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Constituent National Assembly (1936–1946).
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Forced him to form a Second United Front with the CCP against Japan
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1935· 2 entries
Career landmark: Premier of the Republic of China (1935–1938).
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“fascism is what China now most needs”
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1934· 1 entry
Ordered seven military officers who embezzled state property to be shot
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1932· 1 entry
While Chiang was seeking first to defeat the CCP, Japan launched an advance on Shanghai and bombarded Nanjing
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1931· 3 entries
Hu Hanmin, an old supporter of Chiang, publicly voiced a popular concern that Chiang's position as both premier and president flew in the face of the democratic ideals of the Nationalist government
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Chiang resigned as Chairman of the National Government
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Career landmark: chairperson (1931–1946).
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1930· 1 entry
Career landmark: Premier of the Republic of China (1930–1931).
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1928· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the National Government of the Republic of China (1928–1931).
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Chiang's rule thus began a period of what his party considered to be "political tutelage" in Sun Yat-sen's name
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1927· 4 entries
“It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.”
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And following the marriage, both families became intimately connected, which created the "Soong dynasty" and the "Four Families"
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When Chiang was setting up a rival Nationalist government in Nanjing, he was preoccupied with the elevation of Sun Yat-sen to the Father of a Republic
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Ching-kuo was retained there as a hostage until 1937
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1924· 2 entries
Sun appointed him Commandant of the Whampoa Military Academy
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Named Yaoguang, who later took her mother's surname
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1923· 1 entry
Was appointed by Sun as chief of staff of the Army and Navy Marshal stronghold, and served as commandant of the Whampoa Military Academy from 1924 until its closure in 1930
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1917· 2 entries
Chiang assumed another name, Chiang Chung-cheng (蔣中正; Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng; 'central and correct'), which he took from the second line of the sixteenth hexagram of the I Ching: 不終日貞吉以中正也; Bù zhōngrì zhēnjí yǐ zhōngzhèng yě;
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Sun Yat-sen moved his base of operations to Guangzhou, where Chiang joined him in 1918
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1913· 1 entry
Chiang, like his KMT comrades, divided his time between exile in Japan and the havens of the Shanghai International Settlement
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1908· 1 entry
And, after the 1911 Revolution, participated in the National Protection War
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1905· 1 entry
The Japanese government issued a proclamation forbidding Chinese students from studying in the country if they lacked an official recommendation, so Chiang enrolled in the Qinghua School in the Ushigome neighborhood of T
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1901· 2 entries
In an arranged marriage at age 14, Chiang was married to Mao Fumei, an illiterate villager five years his senior
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The year of his arranged teenage marriage to Mao Fumei, Chiang transitioned to a mountain school in Fenghua, where he led a protest for better teaching and was nearly expelled
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1899· 2 entries
Began attending a school near his maternal grandmother, where a teacher encouraged him to write short prose essays and verses
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It was the only school open to Chinese "from the street"
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1898· 1 entry
Ruiqing died at age four, which deeply affected Wang, who focused all of her attention on Chiang thereafter and accelerated his schooling
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1892· 1 entry
At age five, he narrowly avoided drowning in a man-sized water jar after climbing in
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1890· 1 entry
Followed by another sister, Ruiju, in 1892 and a brother, Ruiqing, in 1894
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1887· 1 entry
Born 1887-10-31.
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1886· 1 entry
Chao-tsung had a daughter, Chiang Ruichun, and a son, Chiang Ruisheng, from previous marriages
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