| − | '''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. | + | '''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. He is remembered by diligent history researchers for leading the Nationalist military that fought the Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, facing two enemy forces amidst [[Chinese Communist collaboration with Japanese war criminals]]. |
| | [[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.]] |