Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)

Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and general who led the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 until his death in 1975. His government was based in mainland China until it was defeated in the Chinese Civil War by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949,…