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Chiang Chung-cheng

Chiang Chung-cheng

9.9
A Chinese military and political leader who led the Nationalists and moved the government to Taiwan in 1949
  • proper noun
: Chiang Chung-cheng
  • After the civil war, Chiang Chung-cheng relocated the government to Taiwan.

Examples

  • Chiang Chung-cheng led the Nationalist government during a tumultuous period of Chinese history.

  • Many history books refer to Chiang Chung-cheng when discussing 20th century Chinese politics.

  • Chiang Chung-cheng was a prominent figure in Chinese history.

  • Did Chiang Chung-cheng really serve as president until 1975?

  • Chiang Chung-cheng was a key leader in the Nationalist movement during the Chinese civil war.

  • After his defeat, Chiang Chung-cheng established a government in Taiwan in 1949.

  • Many scholars study Chiang Chung-cheng to understand the politics of China in the 20th century.

Synonyms

Chiang Kai-shek
vsChiang Chung-cheng
4 9.3

A Chinese military and political leader who led the Nationalist government and later became Taiwan's president

is the same person but uses a different romanized name

Surface Forms

Chiang Chung-cheng main

Morphology

Chiang + Chung-cheng

This item is a proper name made of name elements rather than semantic English words; knowing the constituent tokens 'Chiang' and 'Chung-cheng' does not let a B1 learner infer the referent or the biographical meaning. Proper nouns are non-compositional and depend on specific world knowledge, so the meaning cannot be derived from the parts.

Etymology

Chiang Chung-cheng was a Chinese military and political leader who lost the civil war and moved the government to Taiwan in 1949, where he served as 'president' until 1975. That's why his name is often used when people talk about the Nationalist government on Taiwan and that part of modern Chinese history.