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Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek, also known as Chiang Chung-cheng, was born in 1887 in a remote farm village in the eastern province of Zhejiang, to a middle-class wine merchant. He began working at the age of nine after his father died. (Reese 7) When he was fourteen years old, following the Chinese custom of that time, his mother arranged his marriage. This would in fact be his first marriage, he married again years later. He dreamed of becoming a soldier. He saw adventure in a military career and felt comfortable with the demand for authority, order and strength. Though his family objected and hoped for him to study law, in 1907 at the age of 18 he left China to train at Tokyo's Military Preparatory Academy among soldiers whose discipline and sophistication inspired him to believe that China could one day have a modern army. (Reese 7) There he became a follower of the revolutionary leader Dr. Sun Yat-sen. With the first tremors of revolution in 1911, Chiang returned to China and joined the Kuomintang. (Reese 8) He was completely involved in the revolt that established the Chinese Republic.

In 1917 when Sun established the Guangzhou government, Chiang was his military aide. Sun sent him to the USSR to study Russia military methods and was more than willing to go. He got a good response from the people there. Not only did they give him advice but they also sent thirty or so military men as help. He participated in the establishment of the Whampoa ( Huangpu in pinyin) Military Academy outside Guangzhou, which was the seat of government under the Guomindang-CCP alliance. (Internet) Their main goal was to demand and deserve respect. Once the military academy was opened they received 1,500 applicants, although it planned...

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...henever and wherever they may occur. We cannot afford to let such a fateful opportunity slip from our grip...We should invigorate our revolutionary spirit and fuse it into strong combat formations. All our blood, sweat, and toil, and all our resources, she be expended for the sake of our sacred war of national recovery...All the evils of Communism must be eradicated so as to eliminate the danger of a destructive world war and restore a lasting peace and well-being for mankind. Only thus can the spirit of Dr. Sun and the revolutionary martyrs rest in peace in Heaven.” (Internet)

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Looksmart. “History of China” Internet.

Microsoft (R) Encarta. "Chaing Kai-shek ," Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.

Reese, Lori. “China’s Christian Warrior” Time 100: August 23-30, 1999 VOL. 154 pg.7-8

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