Chiang Kai-shek
/ˌtʃjæŋkaɪˈʃek/(亦作Jiang Jie Shi)
- (1887-1975) , Chinese statesman and general, President of China 1928-31 and 1943-9 and the leader of China's Taiwan region 1950-75. He tried to unite China by military means in the 1930s but was defeated by the communists. Forced to abandon mainland China in 1949, he set up a separate Nationalist regime in Taiwan.蒋介石（1887-1975, 中国政治家、将军, 1928-1931年及1943-1949年任中国总统, 1950-1975年任中国台湾地区首脑; 20世纪30年代试图以武力统一中国, 但为共产党击败; 无奈于1949年离开中国大陆, 在台湾建立另一国民党政权）。