And then I put the question as pointedly as I could directly to Chiang Kai-shek: `` In America '', I said, `` practically no one believes that you subjectively intend to re-enter the Mainland.

* 1927 – April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.

There was a 3 day ban after the death of Chiang Kai-shek.

Shortly after World War II, the civil war resumed in China between the Kuomintang ( KMT ) led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Communist Party of China led by Mao Zedong.

Chiang Kai-shek and 600, 000 Nationalist troops and 2 million refugees, predominantly from the government and business community, fled from the mainland to the island of Taiwan.

Though the United States refused to aide Chiang Kai-shek in his hope to " recover the mainland ," it continued supporting the Republic of China with military supplies and expertise to prevent Taiwan from falling into PRC hands.

After Sun's death from cancer in 1925, one of his protégés, Chiang Kai-shek, seized control of the Kuomintang ( Nationalist Party or KMT ) and succeeded in bringing most of south and central China under its rule in a military campaign known as the Northern Expedition ( 1926 – 1927 ).

When Chiang was defeated by CPC forces in mainland China in 1949, he retreated to Taiwan with his government and his most disciplined troops, along with most of the KMT leadership and a large number of their supporters ; Chiang Kai-shek had taken effective control of Taiwan at the end of WWII as part of the overall Japanese surrender, when Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered to Republic of China troops.

The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China.

Unlike Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek was socially conservative, promoting traditional Chinese culture in the New Life Movement and rejecting western democracy and the nationalist democratic socialism that Sun Yat-sen and some other members of the KMT embraced in favor of a nationalist authoritarian government.

Chiang Kai-shek in 1907 at the Baoding Military Academy

Chiang Kai-shek returned to Guangzhou, and in 1924 was appointed Commandant of the Whampoa Military Academy by Sun.

In the West and in the Soviet Union, Chiang Kai-shek was known as the " Red General ".

Chiang Kai-shek ( right ) with future Prime Minister of Japan | Japanese Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai ( center ), Pan-Asianism | Pan-Asianist leader Tōyama Mitsuru ( left ) in Japan ( 1929 )

Contrary to Communist propaganda that Chiang was pro-capitalism, Chiang Kai-shek antagonized the capitalists of Shanghai, often attacking them and confisticating their capital and assets for the use of the government.

The relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese capitalists remained poor throughout the period of his administration.

Once Chiang Kai-shek was done with his White Terror on pro-communist laborers, he proceeded to turn on the capitalists.

Chiang Kai-shek ( right ) meets with the Muslim Generals Ma Bufang ( second from left ), and Ma Buqing ( first from left ) in Xining at August 1942.

In 1942 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally went on tour in Northwestern China in Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Qinghai, where he met both Muslim Generals Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang.

Under orders from Chiang Kai-shek, Ma Bufang repaired Yushu airport to prevent Tibetan separatists from seeking independence.

Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill met at the Cairo Conference ( 1943 ) | Cairo Conference in 1943 during World War II. With the attack on Pearl Harbor and the opening of the Pacific War, China became one of the Allied Powers.

This was meant to fulfill President Roosevelt's promise to Chiang Kai-shek to begin bombing operations against Japan by November 1944.

On October 10, 1928, Chiang was named director of the State Council, the equivalent to President of the country, in addition to his other titles.

Because of the rivalry between Chiang and Li, Chiang refused to allow Nationalist troops loyal to him to aid in the defense of Guangxi and Guangdong, with the result that Communist forces occupied Guangdong in October 1949.

Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang (; March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003 ) was a First Lady of the Republic of China ( ROC ), the wife of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek.

In October 1971, Resolution 2758 was passed by the UN General Assembly, expelling " the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek " and replacing the China seat on the Security Council ( and all other UN organs ) with delegates from the People's Republic of China.

* October 31 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, resulting in 83 deaths.

* October 18 – Chiang Kai-shek takes the oath of office as President of China.

* October 8 – Chiang Kai-shek is named as Generalissimo ( Chairman of the National Military Council ) of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China.

* October 31 – Chiang Kai-shek, 1st ～ 5th President of the Republic of China ( d. 1975 )

In October 1971, Resolution 2758 was passed by the UN General Assembly and " the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek " ( and thus the ROC ) were expelled from the UN and replaced as " China " by the PRC.

In October 1934, the CPC took advantage of gaps in the ring of blockhouses ( manned by the troops of a warlord ally of Chiang Kai-shek's, rather than the KMT themselves ) to escape Jiangxi.

The first post-war peace negotiation was attended by both Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong in Chongqing from August 28, 1945 to October 10, 1945.

On 25 October 1971, Resolution 2758 was passed by the UN General Assembly, which " decides to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it.

In October 1984 Taiwanese American writer Chiang Nan was assassinated, allegedly by Kuomintang agents.

On 22 October 1936, Chiang flew to Xi ' an from Nanjing and announced his new plan of suppression of the communist forces, raising opposition from both Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng.

In October 1933 Chiang Kai-shek took command of nearly 800, 000 soldiers, leading the Fifth Encirclement Campaign against the Red Army's force of 150, 000 men.

Yen Chia-kan (; Suzhou dialect: nyie cia / ka koe ), or Yen Chia-jin ( October 23, 1905 – December 24, 1993 ), better known as C. K. Yen, succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as President of the Republic of China upon Chiang's death on April 5, 1975.

By October, Chiang Kai-shek's best armies had been defeated at Shanghai.

After 1 October 1949 Chiang Kai-shek and a few hundred thousand Republic of China troops and two million refugees, predominantly from the government and business community, fled from mainland China to Taiwan ; there remained in China itself only isolated pockets of resistance.

By October he was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Red Army, assisting Zhu De and Zhou in the war against Chiang Kai-shek ’ s 4th Suppression on the Central Soviet Territory.

Under immense pressure, Chiang was forced to sign a peace agreement with Mao in October 1945.

Fu's personal estrangement from Chiang reaching a climax in October 1948, when Chiang suddenly withdrew from a critical meeting to discuss the defense of territory under Fu's command without giving any immediate explanation.