Chiang biography
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Chiang Kai-shek’s Early Life and Career
Born in the coastal province of Chekiang on October 31, , Chiang ran away from home after his father died and joined the provincial army.
Chiang biography
He received formal military training at the Paoting Military Academy in northern China, and later in Japan. When uprisings against the ruling Qing (Manchu) dynasty broke out in China in , Chiang returned home and joined the struggle, which ended in the overthrow of the Manchus and the formation of a Chinese republic.
In , he joined the Nationalist Party (known as the Kuomintang, or KMT), founded by Sun Yat-sen.
Did you know? Chiang Kai-shek's second wife, Soong Mei-ling, became a significant political figure in her own right.
In addition to her address of Congress in , the Wellesley-educated "Madame Chiang" wrote many articles on China for the American press.
With Sun’s support, Chiang founded a military academy at Whampoa, near Canton, in He began to build up the Nationalist army, based on methods C