(October 31, 1887-April 5, 1975)
Completed military training with the Japanese Army and returned to China to take part in the revolution against the Manchus (1911)
Commanded a regiment which aided to the establishment of the Republic of China (1912)
Assumed leadership of the Kuomintang after Sun Yat-sen's death (1925)
Launched the Northern Expedition, which purged the Kuomintang of communists and destroyed clans in north and central China (1926)
Became chairman of the nationalist government of a unified China (October 10, 1928)
Fought against Communist leader Mao ZeDong for control of the country (1930's)
United his government with the Communists during World War II
Moved his Nationalist government to Taiwan when it was on the verge of collapse, due to Communist pressure (1949)
Key figure during the Cold War

He was extremely anti-communist.
When the Japanese invaded Manchuria during World War II, he ignored it and continued fighting with the Communists.
It was only when the Communists kidnapped him and forced him to unify with them against the Japanese when he finally decided to enter World War II.
Most of the aid he and Mao ZeDong received from the U.S. was saved for later use in their battles with one another after World War II.
When he was exiled from mainland China by Mao, he moved his government to the island of Taiwan where he would remain until his death in 1975.
During the Cold War, the United States didn't recognize the People's Republic of China as the official government and only maintained diplomatic relations with his Taiwanese government.
A few times he tried invading mainland China only to be brutally put down by the superior Communist forces.
He vowed on several occasions to re-unite China under his Nationalist government once again, but he never did.His name is hard to spell.

He tried to bring constitutional government to China, which is still being fought for to this day.
He aided in ridding China of feudal lords and bringing them into the 20th century.
He eventually aided in bringing down the Japanese Empire, by forcing them to keep needed troops garrisoned in Japanese colonial interests in China, thus taking pressure off the 'island-hopping' U.S. forces in the Pacific.
He was gracious to the United States for their support.
In the end, he was considered to be a better statesmen than Mao ZeDong.
When he died, he left behind a country which had a genuine democracy and a prosperous economy.

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