In 1949, when Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China, Chiang and May-ling fled to Taiwan, where Chiang set up his military government. May-ling continued to play a major role in ...

Chiang ruled the island for nearly three decades until his death in 1975. He had led his Nationalist or Kuomintang troops to Taiwan in 1949 and set up an interim government on the island ...