In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek led his troops to retreat to Taiwan.
Before retiring to Taiwan, because of the internal public opinion of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek had to declare that he was "going down to the wilderness", and Li Zongren, a general of the Gui clan, acted as president of the Kuomintang side. However, at this time, Li Zongren's long-term stagnation in the United States and the financial difficulties of the Kuomintang at this time made the orders he issued not effectively implemented, which also became an opportunity for Chiang Kai-shek to regain political power.
Chiang Kai-shek
Soon after, Chiang Kai-shek, in his capacity as president of the Kuomintang, set up an "Extraordinary Committee" to declare his power above that of Acting President Li Zongren and demand that Li Zongren hand over his post. But Li Zongren did not agree, and chose to remain in the United States. After that, Chiang Kai-shek announced in March 1950 that he would resume his term as "president" of Taiwan.
After becoming the president of the Kuomintang, the next step was Chiang Kai-shek's economic operation. In order to alleviate economic problems, Chiang Kai-shek carried out three land reforms in Taiwan, social contradictions were alleviated, and the economy developed to a certain extent.
In fact, after Chiang Kai-shek divided the land, he also gave the landlords more economic rights, so that the landlords became taiwanese capitalists with stocks, so to a certain extent, Chiang Kai-shek's reforms still protected the rights of the landlords, rather than really reforming for the peasants.
Chiang Kai-shek and his family
In the years when he first arrived in Taiwan (1949-1955), Chiang Kai-shek was always silent and taciturn, spending a lot of time writing a book "Soviet Russia in China", and at the same time Chiang Kai-shek also received news of the victory of the People's Volunteer Army in Shangganling in Taiwan, which made Chiang Kai-shek feel mixed for a while.
The period from 1970 to 1975 was Chiang Kai-shek's later years, with a harmonious relationship with his wife, Soong Mei-ling, a harmonious relationship with his sons, and an intention to train Chiang Ching-kuo to become a successor.
Chiang Kai-shek in his later years
On April 5, 1975, Chiang Kai-shek died in his residence in Taipei, Taiwan.