| − | '''Jiang Jieshi'''<ref>His family name is Chiang. Kai-shek is given name. The English-language spelling is irregular and based Cantonese (i.e. Hong Kong) pronunciation.</ref> (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975), commonly referred to in Anglicized format as '''Chiang Kai-Shek''', was the pro-[[freedom]] [[Christian]] leader of China from 1928 until 1949. In 1949, Chiang's Nationalist Party, or [[KMT]], was defeated by the [[communist]]s and fled to [[Taiwan]]. The U.N. and the non-Communist world recognized "Nationalist China" as China's only legitimate government until 1971. Chiang remained head of the KMT on Taiwan until his death in 1975. | + | '''Jiang Jieshi''' (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975), commonly referred to in Anglicized format as '''Chiang Kai-Shek''',<ref>His family name is Chiang. Kai-shek is given name. The English-language spelling is irregular and based Cantonese (i.e. Hong Kong) pronunciation.</ref> was the pro-[[freedom]] [[Christian]] leader of China from 1928 until 1949. In 1949, Chiang's Nationalist Party, or [[KMT]], was defeated by the [[communist]]s and fled to [[Taiwan]]. The U.N. and the non-Communist world recognized "Nationalist China" as China's only legitimate government until 1971. Chiang remained head of the KMT on Taiwan until his death in 1975. |
| | [[File:Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek.jpg|thumb|Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek meets [[Phyllis Schlafly]] and her husband Fred in 1967, with General Clyde and June Watts in the background.]] | | [[File:Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek.jpg|thumb|Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek meets [[Phyllis Schlafly]] and her husband Fred in 1967, with General Clyde and June Watts in the background.]] |