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Events on Wednesday 10 October 1928 1
1928Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Nationalist GovernmentChiang takes formal leadership of the Republic of ChinaAfter the Northern Expedition captured Beijing, Chiang Kai-shek became Chairman of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing. The regime began a period of one-party tutelage under the Kuomintang. Nanjing became the national capital.