Chiang continued to consolidate power and in January of 1928 was sworn in as China’s Nationalist leader. Maintaining his crackdown on the communists and his investments in infrastructure, Chiang decided to move China’s capital to Nanjing, to build a new capital of awe-inspiring grandeur.
At a Christmas party at Sun Yat-sen’s residence in 1921, Chiang met Song Meiling, the younger sister of Sun’s wife Song Qingling, and fell in love. Chiang’s weren’t welcomed at first by the Song family, but he persisted, and after converting to Christianity, received the family’s blessing to marry Meiling in 1927. Chiang later brought… Read more »
By the time Sun died in 1925, Chiang had maneuvered himself to inherit the leadership of Nationalist party. With his well-trained army and modern tactics, Chiang set about reunifying China, conquering warlords one by one. In 1927, having brought most of China under control, Chiang suddenly turned his sights on his own allies in the… Read more »