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Chiang Kai- Shek 蔣介石 蔣中正

Chiang Kai- Shek 蔣介石 蔣中正. A political and military leader of the Guomindang during WWII. Early Childhood. Chiang Kai- Shek was born on October 13, 1887 in Xikou , in Fenghua County, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

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Chiang Kai- Shek 蔣介石 蔣中正

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  1. Chiang Kai-Shek蔣介石蔣中正 A political and military leader of the Guomindang during WWII

  2. Early Childhood • Chiang Kai-Shek was born on October 13, 1887 in Xikou, in Fenghua County, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. • Chiang Kai-Shek’s father, Chiang Zhaocong (蔣肇聰), died when he was only eight years old. • His mother, Wang Caiyu (王采玉), raised Chiang Kai-Shek by herself.

  3. Social Class in the Beginning • Chiang Kai-Shek’smother and father were part of the upper class as salt merchants. • The era of which Chiang grew up in left China in debt, so Chiang decided to pursue a military career.

  4. An Arranged Marriage • In an arranged marriage, Chiang Kai-Shek married Mao Fumei, a fellow villager. • Chiang and Mao had two children, a son named ChingKuo, and a daughter named ChienHua.

  5. What About Education? • Chiang Kai-Shek began his education at Baoding Military Academy. • Chiang attended the Baoding Military in 1906, though in 1907, left for a preparatory school that allowed Chinese students to enter the Imperial Japanese Army. • Chiang studied in Japanese military schools for three years. • Baoding Military Academy was a military academy in the early years of the Republic of China. • Many important war leaders were Baoding graduates until the founding of the Whampoa Military Academy.

  6. The Revolution Starts • When Chiang returned from the Japanese military academies in 1911, the revolution had just broke out. • This ended the Qing Dynasty and overthrew China’s imperial system. • During the following ten years, Chiang served the Guomindang revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen. RIGHT: Sun Yat-sen

  7. A Few of Chiang’s Military Tasks • In 1923, Chiang persuaded Sun Yat-sen to send him to Moscow. • Once in Moscow, Chiang spied on and studied the Soviet military system. • On Chiang’s return from Moscow, he was placed as the head of the new Whampoa Military Academy. Whampoa Military Academy’s Coat of Arms

  8. Guomindang(Kuomintang) • Guomindang, the Nationalist Party of China, was founded by Sun Yat-sen, in 1912. • Sun YatSen’s political position was stated in terms of the Three Principles of the People. • Nationalism • Democracy • Economy • When Sun Yat-sen died of cancer in 1925, Chiang Kai-Shek became the leader of the Guomindang. • Communist members of the Guomindang were rising in the hierarchy, and posed a threat to Chiang. • In 1949, Mao Zedong (a communist leader) and his army defeated the Guomindang government, a communist government took over.

  9. After His Guomindang Career • After Chiang Kai-Shek was defeated by Mao Zedong in 1949, he continued to rule Taiwan until he died. • He died in 1975.

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