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Chiangism is the ideology of Chiang Kai-shek, the former president of 
Republic of China. He is an 
Authoritarian Unity and 
Conservative ideology that was highly influential for China before the 
communist takeover, and 
Taiwan until the sweeping 
democratization in the 1990s. Chiangism is a right-wing personal tendency of the ideology known as 
Tridemism (Three Principles of the People), originally formulated by 
Sun Yat-Sen.
“”The File:Empire of Japan (sane)-icon.png Japanese are a disease of the skin, the
 Communists are a disease of the heart. |
—  Chiang Kai-Shek
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Chiangism opposed 
feudalism, communism, and 
imperialism while promoting ideals of a unified Chinese national identity, and the extent of 
fascist influence on Chiang is debated among scholars.
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Early Days[edit source]
Chiang Kai-Shek was born on October 31, 1887, in the town of 
Xikou, Fenghua County, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, File:Qing-icon.png China. He grew up in a time of great turmoil and change, marked by the decline of the File:Qing-icon.png Qing Dynasty and the rise of revolutionary movements. His early life was influenced by traditional Chinese culture, but he later adopted modern military and political ideas, which shaped his future role as a key leader in China's political and military landscape.
In 1901, Chiang went into an arranged marriage with File:Female-icon.png Mao Fumei. The marriage was not intimate nor romantic, still they gave birth to File:Chiang Ching Kuo-icon.png Chiang Ching-kuo in 1910.
At the time of the 1911 revolution, Chiang was based in File:Shanghai-icon.png Shanghai and at that time and became involved with the local secret societies and gangs who were to aid him later in his career. Like the many Chinese at the time, Chiang was sympathetic to 
Soviets and their communism, due to the sweet promises that the Soviets made to China that were never kept.
During the 'Second Revolution' revolt of 1913 (against the File:Reactionary-icon.png reactionary rule of File:Yuan Shikai-icon.png Yuan Shikai), Chiang led an attack on an arsenal in Shanghai but the operation turned out to be a disastrous failure and Chiang was forced to flee. He attached himself to the entourage of the KMT leader Sun Yat-sen and to the ramshackle File:KMT-icon.png Kuomintang government.
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