'''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> (1887-1975) was the leader of China from 1928 until 1949. In 1949, Chiang's Nationalist Party, or [[KMT]], was defeated by the communists 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 regime on Taiwan until his death in 1975. | '''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> (1887-1975) was the leader of China from 1928 until 1949. In 1949, Chiang's Nationalist Party, or [[KMT]], was defeated by the communists 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 regime on Taiwan until his death in 1975. |