what kind of government was chiang kai-shek trying to build in china
Nationalist general Chiang Kai-shek leads the Northern Expedition, a campaign that unites more than half of China under a Nationalist government. 1927 1928 1936 Chiang Kai-shek attacks the CCP and becomes leader of GMD. Mao builds peasant army while in exile in mountains. After years of opposition, GMD allies with CCP to fight Japan. 2 Timeline 1943 Mao appointed Chairman of Communist Central Committee. Japan surrenders to China after US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.