Chiang also enforced an anti Japanese boycott, sending his agents to sack the shops of those who sold Japanese made items, fining them.

In 1928 she was made a member of the Committee of Yuans by Chiang.

Madame Chiang made a rare public appearance in 1995 when she attended a reception held on Capitol Hill in her honor in connection with celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Madame Chiang also made her last visit to Taiwan in 1995.

The First Corps, made up of the Nationalist Party Army, was led by Whampoa graduates and commanded by Chiang Kai-shek, who personally appointed Zhou director of the First Corps Political Department.

Chang and Halliday also made another claim asserting Chiang Ching-kuo was " kidnapped ", however evidence shows that he went to study in the Soviet Union with Chiang Kai-shek's own approval.

The difficulty of accessing the region overland from the eastern part of China and the foggy climate hindering the accuracy of Japanese bombing of the Sichuan Basin, made the region the stronghold of Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang government during 1938-45, and led to the Bombing of Chongqing.

Chiang made his decision on November 16, ordering government ministries and agencies to depart from Nanking within three days.

The problem was that whoever gave the order to retreat would be blamed for losing the capital and face harsh criticism from the Chinese public, Tang was very reluctant to bear this responsibility and the consequent blame alone, so he called a meeting of all senior commanders, and he showed them Chiang Kai-shek's permission to retreat when needed, a decision to be made by Tang's headquarters.

This marriage made Kung the brother-in-law of Soong Mei-ling, the wife of Chiang Kai-shek.

Another legend mentions that attempts made by the King of Chiang Mai to possess the statue after it was found in 1434 ; these failed thrice because the elephants transporting the statue refused to proceed beyond a crossroad in Lampang.

After the war, he was made Chief of the US Military Advisory Group to the Nationalist Chinese Government led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ( 1946 – 1948 ).

His daughter Princess Yotkamtip was Chao Settathirath's Mother, which through succession made Prince Settathirath the Heir to the throne of Chiang Mai.

The site made headlines in January 2008 when thousands of artifacts from the Ban Chiang cultural tradition and other prehistoric traditions of Thailand were found to illegally be in several California museums and other locations.

At the same time, the First United Front between KMT and Communist Party of China ( CPC ) was questioned after the Zhongshan Warship Incident in March 1926, and the following events in effect made Chiang Kai-shek the paramount military leader of the KMT.

Furthermore, Chiang made the military command superior to KMT party leadership, which resulted in his dictatorship later.

By visiting Mueang district, tourists can buy many home made food such as shredded pork ( Mu Yong ), Chinese sausage ( Koon Chiang ), and sweet radish in honey etc.

Liu first fled to Hong Kong then made a living in Indonesia as a Chinese language teacher, in 1953 he was allowed to return to Taiwan as a political advisor to Chiang Kai Shek.

Larb khua mu, a northern Thai style stir-fried larb made with pork, as served in a restaurant in Chiang Mai

From 1964 onwards, Chiang Wei-kuo made preparations in establishing a school dedicated in teaching warfare strategy ; such a school was established in 1969.

From 1928 to 1949, during the Nationalist ( Guomindang ) regime of Chiang Kaishek, Zhenjiang was made the capital of Jiangsu Province, while Nanjing ( the present-day capital of Jiangsu ) served as the capital of China.

Stilwell and Bissell made it clear to both Chennault and Chiang that unless the AVG became part of the U. S. Army Air Force, its supplies would be cut off.

In 1935 Hedin made his exclusive knowledge about central Asia available, not only to the Swedish government, but also to foreign governments such as China and Germany, in lecturers and personal discussions with political representatives of Chiang Kai-shek and Adolf Hitler.

In a pairing of great political significance, Chiang was Sun's brother-in-law: he had married Soong May-ling, the younger sister of Soong Ching-ling, Sun's widow, on December 1, 1927.

Zhang and Yang suffered great losses in their attempted suppression of the CPC, and Chiang did not give them any support in manpower and weaponry.

Thus, Chiang had sent a large number of troops into positions in which they could neither defend properly, without the combined support of the army, nor defend with any real purpose, setting the stage for the last great struggle of the Warlord Era.

Mae Hong Son historical records state that in the year 1831, which corresponds to the reign of King Nangklao ( Rama III ) of the Rattanakosin Period, in the mueang of Phing Nakhon ( เม ื องพ ิ งค ์ นคร ) known today as Chiang Mai, in the lands of the Kingdom of Lannathai, was Phraya Chiang Mai Mahawong ( พระยาเช ี ยงใหม ่ มหาวงศ ์), who was later to ascend to the rank of Phra Chao Mahottraprathet Racha Thibodi ( พระเจ ้ ามโหตรประเทศราชาธ ิ บด ี), who knew that to the west of Chiang Mai, which meant the lands of today's Mae Hong Son, was a geography of tall mountains and dense forests inhabited by a myriad of forest creatures of which wild elephants in particular were in great abundance, and thus ordered Lord Kaeo, who was a relative of his and a local military chief and governor, to herd these elephants out into the custody of mahouts, to survey the feasibility of this task on such western frontierlands and to be of further service in the capturing of the elephants so that they might be trained for labour thereafter.

Hui people who have also migrated to the south such as this Darunaman Mosque, locating in Chiang Rai province, Thailand shows a great mixture between Chinese and Islamic architecture.

Chiang's sudden departure was a great blow to Nationalist morale and left an impression on Fu and many other Nationalist commanders that Chiang had placed the welfare of his family above the welfare of the nation.

Wu speakers such as Chiang Kai-shek, Lu Xun, and Cai Yuanpei occupy places of great significance in modern Chinese culture.

The Battle of Shanghai and the decision for total war would prove to be a great gamble for Chiang.

During the period of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chiang Kai-shek ’ s government had moved to Chongqing, a great number of schools, factories and medical institutions settled in Shapingba.

Later, Tang commanded armies to fight other warlords for Chiang Kai-shek with great success.

When the Chinese envoy Chiang Kien was in Gandhara ( circa c 127 BCE ), he found to his great surprise that bamboos and textiles from south-western China were sold in the local markets.

Due to a change in Nationalist tactics, the CPC Red Army suffered great losses in Chiang Kai-shek's 5th Suppression against them.

Some opponents charge that Chiang's efforts in developing Taiwan were mostly to make the island a strong base from which to one day return to mainland China, and that Chiang had little regard for the long-term prosperity and well-being of the Taiwanese people.

As part of his efforts to bring Japan into Barbarossa, on 1 July 1941, Ribbentrop had Germany break off diplomatic relations with Chiang Kai-shek and instead recognized the Japanese-puppet government of Wang Jingwei as China's legitimate government.

Chiang Kai-shek and the KMT funded the party and their efforts to build an army to battle the Dalai Lama's government.

These efforts have also been criticised as fruitless because of the self-interest and corruption of Chiang Kai-Shek's regime.

The Tanggu Truce gave Chiang kai Shek time to consolidate his forces and to concentrate his efforts against the Chinese Communist Party, albeit at the expense of northern China.

In 1939 Muslim leaders Isa Yusuf Alptekin and Ma Fuliang were sent by Chiang to several Middle eastern countries, including Egypt, Turkey, and Syria, to gain support for the Chinese War against Japan, and to express his support for Muslims.

Chairman Shu's visit, however, gave opportunity to aboriginal legislator Kao Chin Su-mei ( 高金素梅 ) to gain publicity by protesting with her supporters at the chairman's arrival at the Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport, now renamed Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

Over the next few years, Taksin managed to gain control over Chiang Mai, and put Cambodia under the vassalage of Siam by 1779 after repeated military campaigns.

Finally, in 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's Guomindang forces were able to suppress the warlords and gain control of most of the country ( see Republican China ).

Hoping to gain American recognition of his own regime, Mao suggested that the Americans set up B – 29 bases in northern China like those in Chiang Kai Shek ’ s area of control in southern China.

With the rapid deterioration of the Chinese front after Japanese launched Operation Ichi-Go in 1944, General Joseph Stilwell saw this as an opportunity to win his political struggle against Chiang Kai-shek and gain full command of all Chinese armed forces.

He was also accused of influencing the climate so that Russia could gain disproportional representation in the United Nations and delaying aid to the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek in an effort to facilitate the communist takeover of the government.