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'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (or '''Jiang Jieshi''' in the Communist version)<ref> His last name is Chiang, his first name is Kai-Shek.  When the Communists came to power they changed the system of translation and made his name Jiang Jieshi in English. Most English language books call him Chiang Kai-shek</ref>  ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 蔣介石; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 蒋介石; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Jiǎng Jièshí; [[Jyutping]]: Zoeng<sup>2</sup> Gaai<sup>3</sup> Sek<sup>6</sup>) was the leader of the [[Guomindang]] from 1925 following the death of [[Sun Yixian]] (Sun Yat-sen), and from 1928 until his death in 1975 was the paramount leader and (with brief interruptions) President of the [[Republic of China]]. Chiang ostensibly converted to [[Christianity]] (specifically, to [[Methodism]]) on his marriage to [[Song Meiling]] and was an ardent opponent of [[Communism]].  
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'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (also known as '''Jiang Jieshi''')<ref> His last name is Chiang, his first name is Kai-Shek. Most English language books call him Chiang Kai-shek</ref>  ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 蔣介石; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 蒋介石; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Jiǎng Jièshí; [[Jyutping]]: Zoeng<sup>2</sup> Gaai<sup>3</sup> Sek<sup>6</sup>) was the leader of the [[Guomindang]] from 1925 following the death of [[Sun Yixian]] (Sun Yat-sen), and from 1928 until his death in 1975 was the paramount leader and (with brief interruptions) President of the [[Republic of China]]. Chiang ostensibly converted to [[Christianity]] (specifically, to [[Methodism]]) on his marriage to [[Song Meiling]] and was an ardent opponent of [[Communism]].  
     
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