A report on Chiang Kai-shek and National Palace Museum

Sun Yat-sen and Chiang at the 1924 opening ceremonies for the Soviet-funded Whampoa Military Academy

The National Palace Museum treasure fleeing Japanese forces in the 1930s

Main Hall of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum.

Chiang (right) together with Wang Jingwei (left), 1926

Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum

Paifang of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum.

Chiang during a visit to an air force base in 1945

Chiang and Soong on the cover of Time magazine, 26 October 1931

Administration building of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum

Nationalist government of Nanking – nominally ruling over entire China in 1930s

The Pan water vessel with coiling dragon pattern, c.14th – Mid 11th century BC

After the breakout of the Second Sino-Japanese War, The Young Companion featured Chiang on its cover.

The Zong-zhou Zhong (Bell of Zhou), 9th century BC

Chiang with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Cairo, Egypt, November 1943

Chiang and his wife Soong Mei-ling sharing a laugh with U.S. Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, Burma, April 1942

The Warming Bowl in the Shape of a Flower with Light Bluish-green Glaze, Ru ware, c. 1086 – c. 1106.

Chiang with South Korean President Syngman Rhee in 1949

The Narcissus Basin with Light Bluish-green Glaze, Ru ware, c. 1086 – c. 1106.

Map of the Chinese Civil War (1946–1950)

Chiang with Japanese politician Nobusuke Kishi, in 1957

The Seated Portrait of Emperor Taizu of Song, c. 960–76.

Chiang presiding over the 1966 Double Ten celebrations

The Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, by Fan Kuan, c. 1000.

Chiang with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in June 1960

The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument, landmark, and tourist attraction in Taipei, Taiwan.

The Wind in Pines Among a Myriad Valleys, by Li Tang, 1124.

The Immortal in Splashed Ink, by Liang Kai, c. 1200.

Chinese propaganda poster proclaiming "Long Live the President"

The Walking on a Mountain Path in Spring, by Ma Yuan, 13th century.

Chiang Kai-shek and Winston Churchill heads, with Nationalist China flag and Union Jack

The Seated Portrait of Xuande Emperor, c. 1425–35.

Statue of Chiang Kai-shek in Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan

The Herd of Deer in a Maple Grove, c. 1031–48.

The Portrait of Kublai Khan, by Liu Guandao, c. 1271–94.

Chiang Kai-shek with the Muslim General Ma Fushou

The Portrait of Empress Chabi, c. 1271–81.

Chiang Kai-shek as Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim

Mao Fumei (毛福梅, 1882–1939), who died in the Second Sino-Japanese War during a bombardment, is the mother of his son and successor Chiang Ching-kuo

The Listening Quietly to Soughing Pines, by Ma Lin, 13th century.

Yao Yecheng (姚冶誠, 1889–1972), who came to Taiwan and died in Taipei

The Man Herding Horses, c. 12th century.

Chen Jieru (陳潔如, "Jennie", 1906–1971), who lived in Shanghai, but moved to Hong Kong later and died there

The Homeward Oxherds in Wind and Rain, by Li Di, 12th century.

Soong Mei-ling (宋美齡, 1898–2003), who moved to the United States after Chiang Kai-shek's death, is arguably his most famous wife even though they had no children together

In 1931, shortly after the Mukden Incident Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government ordered the museum to make preparations to evacuate its most valuable pieces out of the city to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Chiang was also credited with stabilizing the Taiwan currency with the gold bullion he brought to Taiwan from mainland China as well as the national treasures and traditional Chinese architects of China to Taipei Palace during the 1949 retreat.

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Taiwan

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Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years.

Fort Zeelandia, the Governor's residence in Dutch Formosa

Japanese colonial soldiers march Taiwanese captured after the Tapani Incident in 1915 from the Tainan jail to court.

General Chen Yi (right) accepting the receipt of General Order No. 1 from Rikichi Andō (left), the last Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan, in Taipei City Hall

Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Kuomintang from 1925 until his death in 1975

With Chiang Kai-shek, US president Dwight D. Eisenhower waved to crowds during his visit to Taipei in June 1960.

In 1988, Lee Teng-hui became the first president of the Republic of China born in Taiwan and was the first to be directly elected in 1996.

Student protest in Taipei against a controversial trade agreement with China in March 2014

A satellite image of Taiwan, showing it is mostly mountainous in the east, with gently sloping plains in the west. The Penghu Islands are west of the main island.

The flag used by Taiwan at the Olympic Games, where it competes as "Chinese Taipei" (中華台北)

Taiwan's popularly elected president resides in the Presidential Office Building, Taipei, originally built in the Japanese era for colonial governors

Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China

Su Tseng-chang, Premier of the Republic of China

Taiwanese-born Tangwai ("independent") politician Wu San-lien (second left) celebrates with supporters his landslide victory of 65.5 per cent in Taipei's first mayoral election in January 1951.

Results from an identity survey conducted each year from 1992 to 2020 by the Election Study Center, National Chengchi University. Responses are Taiwanese (green), Chinese (red) or Both Taiwanese and Chinese (hatched). No response is shown as grey.

Republic of China Army’s Thunderbolt-2000, a multiple rocket launcher

Taipei 101 held the world record for the highest skyscraper from 2004 to 2010.

China Airlines aircraft line-up at Taoyuan International Airport

Population density map of Taiwan (residents per square kilometre)

Original geographic distributions of Taiwanese indigenous peoples

Most commonly used home language in each area, darker in proportion to the lead over the next most common

Apo Hsu and the NTNU Symphony Orchestra onstage in the National Concert Hall

Taiwanese writer, literary critic and politician Wang Tuoh

Yani Tseng with the 2011 Women's British Open trophy

Tai Tzu-ying, the current world No.1 in BWF at the 2018 Chinese Taipei Open

St. John's Catholic Church in Banqiao District, New Taipei

Countries maintaining relations with the ROCdiplomatic relations and embassy in Taipei
unofficial relations (see text)

The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan

After the end of World War II, the Chinese Civil War resumed between the Chinese Nationalists (Kuomintang), led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), led by CCP Chairman Mao Zedong.

Taiwan hosts the National Palace Museum, which houses more than 650,000 pieces of Chinese bronze, jade, calligraphy, painting, and porcelain and is considered one of the greatest collections of Chinese art and objects in the world.

Five retreats of the ROC Government in 1949

Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan

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The retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, also known as the Kuomintang's retreat to Taiwan or the Great Retreat in Taiwan, refers to the exodus of the remnants of the internationally recognized Kuomintang-ruled government of the Republic of China (ROC) to the island of Taiwan (Formosa) on 7 December 1949 after losing the Chinese Civil War in the mainland.

Chiang Kai-shek, The Man who Lost China (1952)

Party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang; based on the Blue Sky with a White Sun, which also appears in the Flag of the Republic of China.

In August 1950, the KMT held its first Central reform Committee meeting to launch the party's reforms. (1950)

After the retreat, the leadership of the ROC, particularly Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek, planned to make the retreat only temporary, hoping to regroup, fortify, and reconquer the mainland.

Institutions and colleges like Academia Sinica, National Palace Museum, National Tsing Hua University, National Chiao Tung University, Soochow University, Fu Jen Catholic University and St. Ignatius High School (Taiwan) were re-established in Taiwan.

Taipei

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Capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.

Taipei's Old North Gate, completed in 1884

Map of eastern Taipei (labeled as TAIHOKU) and nearby areas (AMS, 1944)

The Taihoku Prefecture government building in the 1910s (now the Control Yuan building).

Taipei 101 is a landmark and tourist attraction in Taipei

The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a national monument, landmark, and tourist attraction in Taipei

With President Chiang Kai-shek, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower waved to a crowd during his visit to Taipei in June 1960.

The city of Taipei, as seen from Maokong in 2014.

Skyline of modern skyscrapers in Xinyi Special District, Taipei.

Bellavita Shopping Center and CPC Building at Xinyi Special District

The National Concert Hall illuminated at night

Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, also known as "old city hall"

View of Eastern District taken from the observation deck of Taipei 101.

Built in 1738, Bangka Lungshan Temple is one of the oldest temples in the city.

Platform of Wende Station on the Taipei Metro system.

West Site of National Taiwan University Hospital

TVBS-G produces programs mainly from their Nangang building in Taipei City.

the main entrance of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Presidential Office Building from Ketagalan Boulevard

Zhishan Garden at the National Palace Museum

Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks, which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Lungshan Temple of Manka, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building and Taipei Guest House.

In 1947 the Kuomintang (KMT) government under Chiang Kai-shek declared island-wide martial law in Taiwan as a result of the 28 February Incident, which began with incidents in Taipei but led to an island-wide crackdown on the local population by forces loyal to Chiang.

Ma Hongkui

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Ma Hongkui (,

1939, Northwest China, Chinese Muslim fighters gather to fight against the Japanese

However, he betrayed Feng and allied with Chiang Kai-shek.

It was not until 1971, after Ma died, that his wife went to Taiwan to bring the artifacts to Chiang Kai-shek, who handed them to the Taipei National Palace Museum.