Chiang Kai-shek Childhood o Born October 31, 1887 o Well-to do family in Zhijiang Province o After the death of his

father He focused on learning Chinese classics At age of 17 he attacked modern school at Ningbo=learned current affairs western law. Because of Poverty He ran away And joined the provincial army o 1907 He attended Military State College in Tokyo He became interested in the revolutionary acts of Sun Yat-sen, the leader of Kuomintang(Nationalist Party) o 1911 He went back to China to join the revolution against Qing Governement. 1917-they established the Guangzho Government. o 1923 He served as a military aid and was sent to Soviet Union to study military strategy and Organization. Kuomintang gradually increased its power in China. o 1924 His return he became the head of the newly established Whampoa Military Academy at Guangzhou. o 1925 After the death of Sun-Yat sen he emerged at the leader of Kuomintang His goal to eliminate the community Advantages over rivals o Army o 1926 Commanded the army to unify China under a National Government based in Nanjing. Launched the Northern Expedition Forced survivors to make the long March o 1927-1928 He headed the Nationalist Government and led the suppression of the Chinese Communist Party. o 1930 Public acceptance of Methodism made him seem more western to those that held power in the influential western nations. o Dec 4, 1930-Dec 15, 1931 Premier of the Republic of China o 1930-1933 Army had already rebelled against his leadership

o 1931 Had to contend with a Japanese invasion in Manchuria in the North-East of China. o 1934 Established New Life Movement which reasserted traditional Confucian values to combat communist ideas. o 1936 Group of soldiers seized him at Xian to force him to terminate the civil war against the communists in order to establish a united front against the encroaching Japanese. He reluctantly accepted and he was released, and unity between Kuomintang and Communism was accomplished. o 1937 Japan launched a full-sale invasion of China. Was forced to move his capital from Nanking to Chungking. Lost control of the coastal regions and most of the major cities to Japan, in an effort to beat the Japanese, he agreed to collaborate with Mao Zedong and his communist army. o 1940 Chiangs best troops clashed against the communists in the Northwest. o 1941 United States came into the war against Japan and China became one of the Allied powers. o 1937 He remained in Chungking until the end of World War II. Here he organized resistance to the Japanese and was seen to be a rally of the forces fighting the Japanese in the Far East. o Nov 1943 He attended the Ciaro Conference and talked with Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Best allied officers criticized him soon because of his domestic Policy on war. o Aug 1945 The red army was in powerful position to attack the Guomindangs army and civil war ensued in China after the end of World War II. o 1946 Civil war broke out between the KMT and communist o Jan 1949 Beijing fell to the communists and Chang resigned as President of China. The communists were victorious, establishing the Peoples Republic of China. Chiang and the remaining KMT forces fled to the island of Taiwan.

o March 1, 1950 Chiang resumed his Presidency of the Chinese Republic. Chiang remained president of the Chinese Republic. o 1971 His international position weakened when the United Nations expelled his regime and accepted the Communists as the sole Government in China. o April 5, 1975 Chiang died at a hospital in Taiwan.