Chiang Kai-shek and Related Topics

National Palace Museum

4 links

Museum in Taipei, Republic of China .

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

Main Hall of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum.

Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum

Paifang of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum.

Administration building of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Man Herding Horses, c. 12th century.

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

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.

Yan Xishan

15 links

Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China.

Yan Xishan in the early 1920s, shortly after taking power in Shanxi.

Yan Xishan's soldiers in Liaozhou (now Zuoquan County) in 1925 during the war with Henan warlord Fan Zhongxiu.

Chinese troops marching to defend the mountain pass at Xinkou.

During the siege of Taiyuan, Yan told foreign journalists that he and his followers would swallow cyanide pills before they let the PLA take Shanxi. Many of his followers committed suicide when Taiyuan fell.

Yan retired from public life in 1950. He spent much of his retirement writing, analyzing contemporary political issues and promoting Yan Xishan Thought.

Yan Xishan's tomb in Shilin District, Taipei.

In order to resist the domination of Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin, Yan allied himself with the forces of Chiang Kai-shek in 1927, during the Nationalists' Northern Expedition.

People's Liberation Army

15 links

Principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

PLA troops entering Beijing in 1949 during the Chinese Civil War

Chinese troops gathered on a T-34/85 or a Type 58 medium tank leaving North Korea in 1958, 5 years after the Korean War ended with an armistice (a ceasefire) in 1953. The banner in the background of the picture bears a slogan (in Chinese) which declares "The Friendship And Unity of the North Korean And Chinese Peoples Are Always Steadfast And Strong!"

Marshal Lin Biao surveying the soldiers during the 10th-anniversary military parade in 1959.

The CMC is ceremonially housed in the Ministry of National Defense compound ("August 1st Building")

A Type 99A main battle tank in service with the PLAGF

A PLAN destroyer conducting maritime interdiction operations at RIMPAC 2016

A Chengdu J-20 5th generation stealth fighter

A PLA Navy Special Operations Forces marine during a maritime operations exercise in RIMPAC 2014.

The range of the PLA Rocket Force's medium and intercontinental ballistic missiles (2006)

A pie chart showing global military expenditures by country for 2019, in US$ billions, according to SIPRI

PLA Factory No. 6907, Wuhan. The white characters on the blue sign roughly translate to: "Secret/Classified Area, Do Not Enter Unless Invited."

The Central Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China at the Great Hall of the People. The band is a common performer of the military anthem of the PLA at ceremonial protocol events.

alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background.|PLA

alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag is a green bar.|Ground Force

alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag are stripes of blue, white, blue, white and blue.|Navy

alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag is a sky blue bar.|Air Force

alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag is a yellow bar.|Rocket Force

The CCP founded their military wing on 1 August 1927 during the Nanchang uprising when Communist elements of the National Revolutionary Army rebelled under the leadership of Zhu De, He Long, Ye Jianying and Zhou Enlai and other leftist elements of the Kuomintang after the Shanghai massacre of 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

3 links

Statue of Chiang Kai-shek in the main chamber of the Memorial Hall

The Honor Guards of the Republic of China Armed Forces performing

Taipei Lantern Festival festivities on the square (2004)

Gardens in the grounds of the Memorial Hall

thumb|Tank displayed next to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial for Discovery Channel

The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a national monument, landmark and tourist attraction erected in memory of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China.

Chiang Kai-shek leading the Northern Expedition in 1926.

Canton Coup

7 links

The Canton Coup of 20 March 1926, also known as the Zhongshan Incident or the March 20th Incident, was a purge of Communist elements of the Nationalist army in Guangzhou (then romanized as "Canton") undertaken by Chiang Kai-shek.

The Horrifying Inspection by Taiwanese paintmaker Li Jun. It describes the hostile environment in Taiwan shortly after the February 28 incident, which marked the start of the White Terror period

White Terror (Taiwan)

4 links

Used to describe the political repression on civilians living on the island and the surrounding areas under its control by the government under the rule of the Kuomintang .

Dwight D. Eisenhower with Chiang Kai-Shek in Taipei, 1960.

A Taiwanese political dissident after and prior to his execution

The ideology, theory and repression ruling pattern of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang regime in China and Taiwan has been compared by some scholars to fascist regimes elsewhere, such as Nazi Germany, since the National Revolutionary Army was heavily dependent on the German military mission during the Sino-German cooperation (1926–1941) until Adolf Hitler decided to withdraw in 1938.

Soong Mei-ling

8 links

May-ling as a student at Wesleyan College c. 1910

Soong Mei-ling on the cover of The Young Companion, April 1938, as Deputy Commander of the Republic of China Air Force

Soong Mei-ling and Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei, Taiwan in 1955.

Soong and Chiang on the cover of TIME magazine, Oct 26, 1931

Soong giving a bandage to an injured Chinese soldier (c. 1942)<ref>Fenby, Jonathan (2009), Modern China, p. 279</ref>

Soong stitching uniforms for National Revolutionary Army soldiers.

1942 Chiang, Soong and Joseph Stilwell in Burma.

1943 Soong in the White House Oval Office to conduct a press conference.

Soong sitting close to Chiang opposite Claire Lee Chennault.

The three Soong sisters in their youth, with Soong Ching-ling in the middle, and Soong Ai-ling (left) and Soong Mei-ling (right)

Soong Mei-ling or, legally, Soong May-ling (March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang, was a Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China, the wife of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek.

Empire of Japan

13 links

Historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent formation of modern Japan.

The Empire of Japan at its peak in 1942:
style = padding-center: 0.6em; text-align: center;

The Naval Battle of Hakodate, May 1869; in the foreground, and of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Prominent members of the Iwakura mission. Left to right: Kido Takayoshi, Yamaguchi Masuka, Iwakura Tomomi, Itō Hirobumi, Ōkubo Toshimichi

Emperor Meiji, the 122nd emperor of Japan

Interior of the Japanese Parliament, showing the Prime Minister speaking addressing the House of Peers, 1915

Prince Aritomo Yamagata, who was twice Prime Minister of Japan. He was one of the main architects of the military and political foundations of early modern Japan.

Baron Masuda Tarokaja, a member of the House of Peers (Kazoku). His father, Baron Masuda Takashi, was responsible for transforming Mitsui into a zaibatsu.

The Tokyo Industrial Exhibition, 1907 (Mitsubishi pavilion and Exhibition halls)

Marunouchi District in 1920, looking towards the Imperial Palace

Thomas Blake Glover was a Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and received Japan's second highest order from Emperor Meiji in recognition of his contributions to Japan's industrialization.

Prince Katsura Tarō, thrice Prime Minister and the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan. Katsura commanded the IJA 3rd Division under his mentor, Field Marshal Yamagata Aritomo, during the First Sino-Japanese War.

Map of the Japanese Empire in 1895. This map was issued shortly after the Japanese invasion of Taiwan and is consequently one of the first Japanese maps to include Taiwan as a possession of Imperial Japan.

Marquess Komura Jutaro, 1911. Komura became Minister for Foreign Affairs under the first Katsura administration, and signed the Boxer Protocol on behalf of Japan.

French illustration of a Japanese assault on entrenched Russian troops during the Russo-Japanese War

Japanese riflemen during the Russo-Japanese War

Count Tadasu Hayashi was the resident minister to the United Kingdom. While serving in London from 1900, he worked to successfully conclude the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and signed on behalf of the government of Japan on January 30, 1902.

Port Arthur viewed from the Top of Gold Hill, after its capitulation in 1905. From left are the wrecks of Russian pre-dreadnought battleships Peresvet, Poltava, Retvizan, Pobeda and the protected cruisers Pallada

Emperor Taishō, the 123rd emperor of Japan

Topographic map of the Empire of Japan in November, 1918

Native Micronesian constables of Truk Island, circa 1930. Truk became a possession of the Empire of Japan under a mandate from the League of Nations following Germany's defeat in World War I.

Commanding Officers and Chiefs of Staff of the Allied Military Mission to Siberia, Vladivostok during the Allied Intervention

Groundbreaking ceremony of Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, 1925. Front row, right to left: Rudolf Briske, Noritsugu Hayakawa, Furuichi Kōi, Ryutaro Nomura.

Count Itagaki Taisuke is credited as being the first Japanese party leader and an important force for liberalism in Meiji Japan.

Count Katō Komei, the 14th Prime Minister of Japan from June 11, 1924, until his death on January 28, 1926

Emperor Shōwa during an Army inspection on January 8, 1938

Tokyo Kaikan was requisitioned as the meeting place for members of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association (Taisei Yokusankai) in the early days.

Rebel troops assembling at police headquarters during the February 26 Incident

A bank run during the Shōwa financial crisis, March 1927

Political map of the Asia-Pacific region, 1939

Japanese troops entering Shenyang, Northeast China during the Mukden Incident, 1931

The Japanese occupation of Peiping (Beijing) in China, on August 13, 1937. Japanese troops are shown passing from Peiping into the Tartar City through Zhengyangmen, the main gate leading onward to the palaces in the Forbidden City.

IJN Special Naval Landing Forces armed with the Type 11 Light Machine Gun during the Battle of Shanghai, 1937

Signing ceremony for the Axis Powers Tripartite Pact

Founding ceremony of the Hakkō ichiu (All the world under one roof) monument in 1940

A map of the Japanese advance from 1937 to 1942

Victorious Japanese troops march through the city center of Singapore following the city's capture in February 1942 (Photo from the Imperial War Museum)

Imperial Japanese Army paratroopers are landing during the Battle of Palembang, February 13, 1942.

A model representing the attack by dive bombers from USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) on the Japanese aircraft carriers, and in the morning of June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway

Group of Type 2 Ka-Mi tanks on board of 2nd class transporter of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1944–1945

The rebuilt battlecruiser sank at her moorings in the naval base of Kure on July 24 during a series of bombings.

The Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula in 1945 (National Geographic)

A drawing depicting a speech in the Imperial Japanese Diet on November 1, 1945, the end of the Second World War. In the foreground there are several Allied soldiers watching the proceedings from the back of the balcony.

From left to right: Marshal Admiral Heihachirō Tōgō (1848–1934), Field Marshal Oku Yasukata (1847–1930), Marshal Admiral Yoshika Inoue (1845–1929), Field Marshal Kageaki Kawamura (1850–1926), at the unveiling ceremony of bronze statue of Field Marshal Iwao Ōyama

Population density map of the Empire of Japan (1920).

Population density map of the Empire of Japan (1940).

Japan invaded China proper in 1937, beginning a war against a united front of Mao Zedong's communists and Chiang Kai-shek's nationalists.

Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the conference on 25 November 1943

Cairo Conference

3 links

One of the 14 summit meetings during World War II that occurred on November 22–26, 1943.

British Chindit Special Forces Advancing in Burma

Winston Churchill visits his old regiment in Cairo with his daughter, Sarah Churchill (actress).

The conference was attended by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Chairman of the Chinese National Government and Chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government Chiang Kai-shek, and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Hypothetical example of what a "Zhongzheng Road" (中正路) sign in Taiwan might have looked like between 2002 and 2009

Chungcheng

1 links

Common name for places, roads, schools or organizations in Chinese-speaking areas, though today predominantly in Taiwan.

The majority of these places and things are named after Chiang Chung-cheng, the preferred given name of Chiang Kai-shek.

A report on Chiang Kai-shek

210 related topics with Alpha