Phil+C+-+Biography+of+Chaing+Kai-shek

=﻿Chiang Kai-shek= Chiang Kai-shek was born October 31, 1887. He was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He served in the Imperial Japanese Army from 1909 to 1911. In 1924 Chiang became head of the Whampoa Military Academy. In 1926 Chiang commanded the army which aimed to unify China. He defeated the Communist army and forced the survivors to make the famous '"Long March" to Shensi in North West China. Afterwards, he established a government in Nanjing. With his new power he established the "New Life Movement" which reasserted traditional Confucian values and fought communist ideas.

The Japanese Army invaded the heartland of China in 1937 and Chiang agreed to collaborate with Mao Zedong and his Communist army. As soon as Japanese forces surrendered, the Communists (led by Mao Zedong) began a war against the Nationalists (led by Chiang Kai-shek). The Communists gradually gained full control over China and on October 1st, 1949, Mao Zedong announced the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Chiang and the survivors of his forces fled to Taiwan. His autobiography, //Summing up at Seventy,// was published in 1957. Chiang Kai-shek died on 5th April 1975.

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