Improvisation 6 Painting by Wassily Kandinsky

Chiang Kai-Shek was one of the most prominent nationalist leaders and politicians of his country. He was also an able military general who succeeded in unifying China by suppressing rebellions. He took part in the 1911 Chinese revolution and was the chief of staff to the great revolutionary leader and the first President of China Dr. Sun Yat-sen who had founded Kuomintang or Nationalist Party in 1891. After his death in 1925, Chiang Kai-Shek became the chief of this paty. In 1928, he established a new national Government of China with its capital at Canton. Chioang staunchly opposed the Communists who were gradually gaining strength in China.