[chang kahy-shek, jyahng] 
(Chiang Chung-cheng ) 1886?–1975, Chinese army officer and political leader: president of the Republic of China 1950–75. |
[jyahng jye-shœ] .| Chiang Kai-shek (chāng' kī'shěk', jyäng') Chinese military and political figure who led the Nationalists against the rising Communist forces and was driven from the mainland to Taiwan (1949), where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death. |