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Chinese military and politician Chiang Kai-Shek. Portrait. Undated. Photograph. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) Der chinesische Militär und Politiker Chiang Kai-Shek. Portrait. Undatiert. Photographie.

Chinese military and politician Chiang Kai-Shek. Portrait. Undated. Photograph. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) Der chinesische Militär und Politiker Chiang Kai-Shek. Portrait. Undatiert. Photographie.

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circa 1925: Chinese statesman Chiang Kai-Shek (1887 - 1975). (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

circa 1925:  Chinese statesman Chiang Kai-Shek (1887 - 1975).  (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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CHINA - JANUARY 01: The former president of the Chinese Republic, CHIANG KAI-SHEK speaking to the crowds upon his return to Shanghai. He had not been to that city since the Japanese occupation of it in 1937. To the right of General CHIANG KAI-SHEK is Lieutenant General A.C. WADERMEYER, head of the United States forces in China, and Soong MAY-LING, wife of CHIANG KAI-SHEK. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

CHINA - JANUARY 01:  The former president of the Chinese Republic, CHIANG KAI-SHEK speaking to the crowds upon his return to Shanghai. He had not been to that city since the Japanese occupation of it in 1937. To the right of General CHIANG KAI-SHEK is Lieutenant General A.C. WADERMEYER, head of the United States forces in China, and Soong MAY-LING, wife of CHIANG KAI-SHEK.  (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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July 1942: Chinese Nationalist military leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek (1887 - 1975) with Madame Chiang (1897 - 2003) and US Lieutenant General Joseph W Stilwell at their meeting in Maymyo, Burma. It was at this meeting that the Chinese leader informed his military staff that General Stilwell would lead them in their stand against the Japanese forces. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

July 1942:  Chinese Nationalist military leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek (1887 - 1975) with Madame Chiang (1897 - 2003) and US Lieutenant General Joseph W Stilwell at their meeting in Maymyo, Burma. It was at this meeting that the Chinese leader informed his military staff that General Stilwell would lead them in their stand against the Japanese forces.  (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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circa 1955: Portrait of exiled Chinese general and politician Chiang Kai-Shek (1887-1975) sitting at a table in the garden of his home in Taipei, Taiwan. He wears a wearing a military suit. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1955:  Portrait of exiled Chinese general and politician Chiang Kai-Shek (1887-1975) sitting at a table in the garden of his home in Taipei, Taiwan. He wears a wearing a military suit.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)