Pei-kai Cheng

Chiang Kai-shek (; Chinese: 蔣介石; pinyin: Jiǎng Jièshí; 31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975) was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman 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 Mao Zedong's Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949, after which he continued to lead the ROC government on Taiwan. Born in Zhejiang, Chiang received a military education in China and Jap…