Chiang Kai-shek
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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
Chiang (right) with his mother, Wang Tsai-yu (middle), who holds his son, Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang's then-wife, Mao Fumei, is seated left (1910)
Chiang in 1907, a student at the Baoding Military Academy
Chiang (top left) with other Chinese classmates in Japan, 1910
Chiang in 1911, an artillery officer in the Imperial Japanese Army
Kuomintang
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The Kuomintang is a major political party in the Republic of China. It was the sole ruling party of Mainland China from 1928 to 1949 until its relocation to Taiwan, and in Taiwan ruled under martial l
Chiang Kai-shek
…havens of the Shanghai International Settlement. On 18 May 1916, agents of Yuan Shikai assassinated Chen Qimei. Chiang succeeded Chen as leader of the Chinese Revolutionary Party in Shanghai. Sun Yat-sen's political career reached its lowest point during this time, as most of his old Tongmenghui comrades refused to join him in…
The KMT reveres its founder, Sun Yat-sen, as the "Father of the Nation"
The Revolutionary Army attacking Nanjing in 1911
Venue of the 1st National Congress of Kuomintang in 1924
Closing ceremony of the National Army Reorganization and Disbandment Conference at National Government compound, Nanjing, January 25, 1929.