Chiang is a controversial figure. Supporters credit him with unifying the nation and ending the century of humiliation, leading the resistance against Japan, fostering economic development and promoting …

Dec 2, 2025 · Chiang Kai-shek, 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. …

Nov 9, 2009 · From 1949 until his death, Chiang led the KMT government in exile in Taiwan, which many countries continued to recognize as China’s legitimate government. Born in the coastal …

Members of a prosperous family of salt merchants, the Chiang family held senior positions in Chinese politics first on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan after 1949.

Chiang's Methodist Christian beliefs also played a role in shaping his ideology. Chiangism opposed feudalism, communism, and imperialism while promoting ideals of a unified Chinese national identity.

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Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which time his international prominence grew.

As leader of the Nationalist Party after Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek both unified and lost China. Chiang proved unable to defeat Mao's Communist revolution, and fled to Taiwan, where seeds of …

Dec 10, 2024 · Ted Chiang was recently awarded the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's prize for short story excellence. He sat down with NPR to talk about AI, making art and grappling with big ideas.

Chiang Kai-shek remains a divisive figure. Remembered as a war hero and founding father by some, for others he is best remembered as an authoritarian dictator. Chiang was a compatriot of Sun Yat-sen, …