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The Northern Expedition

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	With its destruction, the NRA was able to proceed to Shanghai,<ref name="Templars 2" /> and day-by-day communists in the streets clamoured excitedly even in the face of violent reprisals.<ref name="Templars 1" /> The Shanghai Rite were just as eager to receive Chiang Kai-shek, and they prepared an invitation in the form of a letter, a [[Templar ring]], and the severed finger of the ring's previous owner,<ref name="Templars 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|#005]]</ref> [[Thaddeus Gift]], who had been executed by the Black Cross for abusing his position to embezzle funds.<ref name="Templars 1" /> Despite their optimism for Chiang's leadership, the macabre token was included as a thinly veiled threat to intimidate him against declining.<ref name="Templars 5" />		With its destruction, the NRA was able to proceed to Shanghai,<ref name="Templars 2" /> and day-by-day communists in the streets clamoured excitedly even in the face of violent reprisals.<ref name="Templars 1" /> The Shanghai Rite were just as eager to receive Chiang Kai-shek, and they prepared an invitation in the form of a letter, a [[Templar ring]], and the severed finger of the ring's previous owner,<ref name="Templars 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|#005]]</ref> [[Thaddeus Gift]], who had been executed by the Black Cross for abusing his position to embezzle funds.<ref name="Templars 1" /> Despite their optimism for Chiang's leadership, the macabre token was included as a thinly veiled threat to intimidate him against declining.<ref name="Templars 5" />

	These items, packaged into a wooden box, never made it into Chiang's hands because Sun Yat-sen's widow, [[Soong Ching-ling]], foresaw his disloyalty to the Templars and hired a family friend, [[Zhang Damin]], to intercept its delivery.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Simultaneously, Chiang himself had caught wind of the invitation and decided to signal his rejection in advance by killing the courier, Thaddeus's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]].<ref name="Templars 1" /><ref name="Templars 4" /> His [[Green Gang]] associate [[Du Yuesheng]] sent two detectives from the {{wiki\|Shanghai French ~~Concesssion~~\|French Concession}} to accomplish this, but they only managed to murder the Templar who was to meet with Darius before being intercepted by the Black Cross.<ref name="Templars 2" />		These items, packaged into a wooden box, never made it into Chiang's hands because Sun Yat-sen's widow, [[Soong Ching-ling]], foresaw his disloyalty to the Templars and hired a family friend, [[Zhang Damin]], to intercept its delivery.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Simultaneously, Chiang himself had caught wind of the invitation and decided to signal his rejection in advance by killing the courier, Thaddeus's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]].<ref name="Templars 1" /><ref name="Templars 4" /> His [[Green Gang]] associate [[Du Yuesheng]] sent two detectives from the {{wiki\|Shanghai French Concession\|French Concession}} to accomplish this, but they only managed to murder the Templar who was to meet with Darius before being intercepted by the Black Cross.<ref name="Templars 2" />

	===Repudiation of communists and Templars===		===Repudiation of communists and Templars===

imported>Sol Pacificus: actually some pretty ballsy words coming from a historical figure in Assassin's Creed and that's the first time I've ever actually used the word ballsy

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actually some pretty ballsy words coming from a historical figure in Assassin's Creed and that's the first time I've ever actually used the word ballsy

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			{{Quote\|I have no interest in kowtowing to anyone. Not to Sun Yat-sen. Not to London, or Moscow, or Washington. And certainly not to the Order's ''Inner Sanctum'', sitting in their darkened throne room god knows where—\|Chiang Kai-shek to Stirling Fessenden, 1927\|Assassin's Creed: Templars\|Assassin's Creed: Templars 4}}
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	'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (蔣介石; 1887 – 1975) was a [[China\|Chinese]] military officer who led the [[Kuomintang\|Nationalist Party]], also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), in its campaigns to unify the nation under the [[Republic of China]]. He was the successor of the KMT's founder [[Sun Yat-sen]] and bore the title generalissimo (大元帥; Mandarin: ''dàyuánshuài'', <small>lit.</small> 'grand marshal') as the commander-in-chief of the {{wiki\|National Revolutionary Army}} (NRA).		'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (蔣介石; 1887 – 1975), most commonly known to the Chinese as '''Jiang Zhongzheng''' (蔣中正), was a [[China\|Chinese]] military officer who led the [[Kuomintang\|Nationalist Party]], also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), in its campaigns to unify the nation under the [[Republic of China]]. He was the successor of the KMT's founder [[Sun Yat-sen]] and bore the title generalissimo (大元帥; Mandarin: ''dàyuánshuài'', <small>lit.</small> 'grand marshal') as the commander-in-chief of the {{wiki\|National Revolutionary Army}} (NRA).

	While his [[Northern Expedition]] (1926–1928) was largely successful in ending the [[Warlord Era]], enabling the KMT to consolidate rule over most of the country, his [[Shanghai massacre of 1927\|violent purge]] of his erstwhile [[communism\|communist]] allies in [[Shanghai]] eventually culminated in the next phase of internal conflict, the {{wiki\|Chinese Civil War}}. He led China through the [[World War II\|Second Sino-Japanese War]], but despite China's victory in that conflict, the resumption of the civil war against the {{wiki\|Communist Party of China\|Communist Party}} spelled the end of their control over China. The KMT government fled to {{wiki\|Taiwan}}, where they reestablished the Republic of China in exile, and Chiang Kai-shek officially became its president, ruling as a dictator until his death in 1975.		While his [[Northern Expedition]] (1926–1928) was largely successful in ending the [[Warlord Era]], enabling the KMT to consolidate rule over most of the country, his [[Shanghai massacre of 1927\|violent purge]] of his erstwhile [[communism\|communist]] allies in [[Shanghai]] eventually culminated in the next phase of internal conflict, the {{wiki\|Chinese Civil War}}. He led China through the [[World War II\|Second Sino-Japanese War]], but despite China's victory in that conflict, the resumption of the civil war against the {{wiki\|Communist Party of China\|Communist Party}} spelled the end of their control over China. The KMT government fled to {{wiki\|Taiwan}}, where they reestablished the Republic of China in exile, and Chiang Kai-shek officially became its president, ruling as a dictator until his death in 1975.
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	===Repudiation of communists and Templars===		===Repudiation of communists and Templars===
	On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's army arrived at Shanghai to jubilant cheers by members of the Communist Party and their supporters.<ref name="Black Cross">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> Per his orders, the Green Gang which had been masquerading as a communist trade union called the [[Hop Wo Society]] suddenly drew [[firearm]]s on the crowd.<ref name="Templars 4" /> The ensuing massacre that saw the confirmed deaths of 400 people with another 5,000 missing<ref name="Black Cross" /> was Chiang's bloody message to the communists of the KMT's definitive renunciation of their ties.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Accompanied by Du Yuesheng, he surprised the Shanghai Rite's leader [[Stirling Fessenden]] at the [[Great World]], where he formally make explicit his refusal of the Templar offer of membership. With the purge raging outside, he added that he was only refraining from doing the same to Templars to reciprocate their assistance with the ~~armored~~ train in Chekiang.<ref name="Templars 4" />		On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's army arrived at Shanghai to jubilant cheers by members of the Communist Party and their supporters.<ref name="Black Cross">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> Per his orders, the Green Gang which had been masquerading as a communist trade union called the [[Hop Wo Society]] suddenly drew [[firearm]]s on the crowd.<ref name="Templars 4" /> The ensuing massacre that saw the confirmed deaths of 400 people with another 5,000 missing<ref name="Black Cross" /> was Chiang's bloody message to the communists of the KMT's definitive renunciation of their ties.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Accompanied by Du Yuesheng, he surprised the Shanghai Rite's leader [[Stirling Fessenden]] at the [[Great World]], where he formally make explicit his refusal of the Templar offer of membership. With the purge raging outside, he added that he was only refraining from doing the same to Templars to reciprocate for their assistance with the armoured train in Chekiang.<ref name="Templars 4" />

	As the meeting came to a close, Chiang received a card with a black cross from [[Tsai]], Soong Ching-ling's servant who had just been in contact with Albert Bolden.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Although he deduced correctly that this was the Black Cross's death mark,<ref name="Templars 4" /> nothing would come of it.<ref name="Templars 5" /> Bolden was then in a fight to save Darius Gift from being murdered by Du Yuesheng's assassin, [[Flowery Flag]], and would disappear right after clinching victory when Darius turned his gun on him for having killed his father.<ref name="Templars 5" />		As the meeting came to a close, Chiang received a card with a black cross from [[Tsai]], Soong Ching-ling's servant who had just been in contact with Albert Bolden.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Although he deduced correctly that this was the Black Cross's death mark,<ref name="Templars 4" /> nothing would come of it.<ref name="Templars 5" /> Bolden was then in a fight to save Darius Gift from being murdered by Du Yuesheng's assassin, [[Flowery Flag]], and would disappear right after clinching victory when Darius turned his gun on him for having killed his father.<ref name="Templars 5" />
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]''
			**''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross\|Volume 1: Black Cross]]''

	==References==		==References==

imported>Sol Pacificus: /* Repudiation of communists and Templars */

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Repudiation of communists and Templars

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	===Repudiation of communists and Templars===		===Repudiation of communists and Templars===
	On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's army arrived at Shanghai to jubilant cheers by members of the Communist Party and their supporters.<ref name="Black Cross">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> Per his orders, the Green Gang which had been masquerading as a communist trade union called the [[Hop Wo Society]] suddenly drew [[firearm]]s on the crowd.<ref name="Templars 4" />The ensuing massacre that saw the confirmed deaths of 400 people with another 5,000 missing<ref name="Black Cross" /> was Chiang's bloody message to the communists of the KMT's definitive renunciation of their ties.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Accompanied by Du Yuesheng, he surprised the Shanghai Rite's leader [[Stirling Fessenden]] at the [[Great World]], where he formally make explicit his refusal of the Templar offer of membership. With the purge raging outside, he added that he was only refraining from doing the same to Templars to reciprocate their assistance with the armored train in Chekiang.<ref name="Templars 4" />		On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's army arrived at Shanghai to jubilant cheers by members of the Communist Party and their supporters.<ref name="Black Cross">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> Per his orders, the Green Gang which had been masquerading as a communist trade union called the [[Hop Wo Society]] suddenly drew [[firearm]]s on the crowd.<ref name="Templars 4" /> The ensuing massacre that saw the confirmed deaths of 400 people with another 5,000 missing<ref name="Black Cross" /> was Chiang's bloody message to the communists of the KMT's definitive renunciation of their ties.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Accompanied by Du Yuesheng, he surprised the Shanghai Rite's leader [[Stirling Fessenden]] at the [[Great World]], where he formally make explicit his refusal of the Templar offer of membership. With the purge raging outside, he added that he was only refraining from doing the same to Templars to reciprocate their assistance with the armored train in Chekiang.<ref name="Templars 4" />

	As the meeting came to a close, Chiang received a card with a black cross from [[Tsai]], Soong Ching-ling's servant who had just been in contact with Albert Bolden.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Although he deduced correctly that this was the Black Cross's death mark,<ref name="Templars 4" /> nothing would come of it.<ref name="Templars 5" /> Bolden was then in a fight to save Darius Gift from being murdered by Du Yuesheng's assassin, [[Flowery Flag]], and would disappear right after clinching victory when Darius turned his gun on him for having killed his father.<ref name="Templars 5" />		As the meeting came to a close, Chiang received a card with a black cross from [[Tsai]], Soong Ching-ling's servant who had just been in contact with Albert Bolden.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Although he deduced correctly that this was the Black Cross's death mark,<ref name="Templars 4" /> nothing would come of it.<ref name="Templars 5" /> Bolden was then in a fight to save Darius Gift from being murdered by Du Yuesheng's assassin, [[Flowery Flag]], and would disappear right after clinching victory when Darius turned his gun on him for having killed his father.<ref name="Templars 5" />

imported>Sol Pacificus: /* Repudiation of communists and Templars */

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Repudiation of communists and Templars

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	On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's army arrived at Shanghai to jubilant cheers by members of the Communist Party and their supporters.<ref name="Black Cross">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> Per his orders, the Green Gang which had been masquerading as a communist trade union called the [[Hop Wo Society]] suddenly drew [[firearm]]s on the crowd.<ref name="Templars 4" />The ensuing massacre that saw the confirmed deaths of 400 people with another 5,000 missing<ref name="Black Cross" /> was Chiang's bloody message to the communists of the KMT's definitive renunciation of their ties.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Accompanied by Du Yuesheng, he surprised the Shanghai Rite's leader [[Stirling Fessenden]] at the [[Great World]], where he formally make explicit his refusal of the Templar offer of membership. With the purge raging outside, he added that he was only refraining from doing the same to Templars to reciprocate their assistance with the armored train in Chekiang.<ref name="Templars 4" />		On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's army arrived at Shanghai to jubilant cheers by members of the Communist Party and their supporters.<ref name="Black Cross">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> Per his orders, the Green Gang which had been masquerading as a communist trade union called the [[Hop Wo Society]] suddenly drew [[firearm]]s on the crowd.<ref name="Templars 4" />The ensuing massacre that saw the confirmed deaths of 400 people with another 5,000 missing<ref name="Black Cross" /> was Chiang's bloody message to the communists of the KMT's definitive renunciation of their ties.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Accompanied by Du Yuesheng, he surprised the Shanghai Rite's leader [[Stirling Fessenden]] at the [[Great World]], where he formally make explicit his refusal of the Templar offer of membership. With the purge raging outside, he added that he was only refraining from doing the same to Templars to reciprocate their assistance with the armored train in Chekiang.<ref name="Templars 4" />

	As the meeting came to a close, Chiang ~~was~~ received a card with a black cross from [[Tsai]], Soong Ching-ling's servant who had just been in contact with Albert Bolden.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Although he deduced correctly that this was the Black Cross's death mark,<ref name="Templars 4" /> nothing would come of it.<ref name="Templars 5" /> Bolden was then in a fight to save Darius Gift from being murdered by Du Yuesheng's assassin, [[Flowery Flag]], and would disappear right after clinching victory when Darius turned his gun on him for having killed his father.<ref name="Templars 5" />		As the meeting came to a close, Chiang received a card with a black cross from [[Tsai]], Soong Ching-ling's servant who had just been in contact with Albert Bolden.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Although he deduced correctly that this was the Black Cross's death mark,<ref name="Templars 4" /> nothing would come of it.<ref name="Templars 5" /> Bolden was then in a fight to save Darius Gift from being murdered by Du Yuesheng's assassin, [[Flowery Flag]], and would disappear right after clinching victory when Darius turned his gun on him for having killed his father.<ref name="Templars 5" />

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

imported>Sol Pacificus: Updated. I always thought each Templar and Assassin comic should be named by volume in "Appearances", but I recognize this is now inconsistent with the practice with Dynasty, so I'm undecided on it.

2023-08-23T16:35:30Z

Updated. I always thought each Templar and Assassin comic should be named by volume in "Appearances", but I recognize this is now inconsistent with the practice with Dynasty, so I'm undecided on it.

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	\|name = Chiang Kai-shek		\|name = Chiang Kai-shek
	\|image = Chiang Kai-shek.jpg		\|image = Chiang Kai-shek.jpg
	\|birth = 31 October 1887<br />{{Wiki\|Fenghua}}, [[Zhejiang]], [[~~China~~\|Great Qing]]		\|birth = 31 October 1887<br />{{Wiki\|Fenghua}}, [[Zhejiang]], [[Qing dynasty\|Great Qing]]
	\|death = 5 April 1975<br />{{Wiki\|Taipei}}, [[Taiwan]]		\|death = 5 April 1975<br />{{Wiki\|Taipei}}, [[Taiwan]]
	\|species = [[Human]]		\|species = [[Human]]
	\|affiliates = [[Kuomintang~~]]<br />~~		\|affiliates = [[Kuomintang]]
	~~[[Templars]]~~
	*[[Chinese Rite of the Templar Order\|Chinese Rite]]
	}}		}}
	'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (蔣介石; 1887 – 1975) was a [[China\|Chinese]] ~~political and~~ military ~~leader~~ who ~~served~~ as the ~~leader~~ of the Republic of China ~~between 1928~~ and 1975. ~~He was also~~ the ~~leader~~ of the [[~~Kuomintang~~]].		'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (蔣介石; 1887 – 1975) was a [[China\|Chinese]] military officer who led the [[Kuomintang\|Nationalist Party]], also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), in its campaigns to unify the nation under the [[Republic of China]]. He was the successor of the KMT's founder [[Sun Yat-sen]] and bore the title generalissimo (大元帥; Mandarin: ''dàyuánshuài'', <small>lit.</small> 'grand marshal') as the commander-in-chief of the {{wiki\|National Revolutionary Army}} (NRA).

			While his [[Northern Expedition]] (1926–1928) was largely successful in ending the [[Warlord Era]], enabling the KMT to consolidate rule over most of the country, his [[Shanghai massacre of 1927\|violent purge]] of his erstwhile [[communism\|communist]] allies in [[Shanghai]] eventually culminated in the next phase of internal conflict, the {{wiki\|Chinese Civil War}}. He led China through the [[World War II\|Second Sino-Japanese War]], but despite China's victory in that conflict, the resumption of the civil war against the {{wiki\|Communist Party of China\|Communist Party}} spelled the end of their control over China. The KMT government fled to {{wiki\|Taiwan}}, where they reestablished the Republic of China in exile, and Chiang Kai-shek officially became its president, ruling as a dictator until his death in 1975.

			Unlike his predecessor, Chiang Kai-shek rejected affiliation with the [[Templars\|Templar Order]], even after the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|Shanghai Rite]] offered him the position of [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|grand master]] and aided him in his march to Shanghai.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	~~In 1927~~, ~~due~~ to the ~~inability~~ of the [[~~Shanghai Rite~~ of the Templar Order\|~~Shanghai Rite~~]] to ~~ease~~ the ~~growing tensions~~ in ~~China~~, the ~~other Rites decided to intervene~~. ~~The~~ [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] sent the [[Black Cross]] to ~~take care of a~~ [[~~Templars~~\|~~Templar~~]] ~~turncoat,~~ [[Yuri Dolinsky]]~~, who was leading a~~ [[~~Red Army\|Russian army~~]] ~~to fight~~ Chiang.<ref name="FCBD Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' – Great Wall</ref>		After the KMT founder Sun Yat-sen was killed by [[Assassins]], Chiang Kai-shek became the party's new military leader. Since Sun had been their respected grand master, the Shanghai Rite were enthusiastic for Chiang's succession in their ranks as well.<ref name="Templars 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|#001]]</ref><ref name="Templars 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|#002]]</ref><ref name="Templars 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|#004]]</ref> They placed their hopes that his reunification of China would quell the chaos that severely hampered their control over the nation and stymied their operations.<ref name="Templars 1" /><ref name="Templars 2" /> Unbeknownst to them, Chiang had no intention of accepting their offer because he found the idea of submitting his future rule to the Templar's [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order\|Inner Sanctum]] repulsive and believed that {{wiki\|Triad (organized crime)\|Triads}} would be more lucrative allies.<ref name="Templars 4" />

			===The Northern Expedition===
			Soon after becoming generalissimo of the National Revolutionary Army in 1926, Chiang embarked on his aggressive push northward from {{wiki\|Guangdong}} to destroy the other rival warlord states. Shanghai was a key target in this campaign, and the communists of the city were enthusiastically expectant of his arrival, believing that as their allies, the KMT would herald their liberation from the {{wiki\|bourgeoisie}}.<ref name="Templars 1" /> In the meantime, Chiang's forces were bogged down in [[Chekiang]] province. Frustrated with the Shanghai Rite's perpetual failures, the Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order sent the [[Black Cross]] [[Albert Bolden]] to intervene in their operations.<ref name="Templars 2" /> The Black Cross's first action was to destroy an armoured train called the [[Great Wall (train)\|Great Wall]] that was being used by the Templar defector [[Yuri Dolinsky]] to support warlord [[Zhang Zongchang]]'s battle against Chiang.<ref name="FCBD Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' – Great Wall</ref>

			With its destruction, the NRA was able to proceed to Shanghai,<ref name="Templars 2" /> and day-by-day communists in the streets clamoured excitedly even in the face of violent reprisals.<ref name="Templars 1" /> The Shanghai Rite were just as eager to receive Chiang Kai-shek, and they prepared an invitation in the form of a letter, a [[Templar ring]], and the severed finger of the ring's previous owner,<ref name="Templars 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|#005]]</ref> [[Thaddeus Gift]], who had been executed by the Black Cross for abusing his position to embezzle funds.<ref name="Templars 1" /> Despite their optimism for Chiang's leadership, the macabre token was included as a thinly veiled threat to intimidate him against declining.<ref name="Templars 5" />

			These items, packaged into a wooden box, never made it into Chiang's hands because Sun Yat-sen's widow, [[Soong Ching-ling]], foresaw his disloyalty to the Templars and hired a family friend, [[Zhang Damin]], to intercept its delivery.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Simultaneously, Chiang himself had caught wind of the invitation and decided to signal his rejection in advance by killing the courier, Thaddeus's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]].<ref name="Templars 1" /><ref name="Templars 4" /> His [[Green Gang]] associate [[Du Yuesheng]] sent two detectives from the {{wiki\|Shanghai French Concesssion\|French Concession}} to accomplish this, but they only managed to murder the Templar who was to meet with Darius before being intercepted by the Black Cross.<ref name="Templars 2" />

			===Repudiation of communists and Templars===
			On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's army arrived at Shanghai to jubilant cheers by members of the Communist Party and their supporters.<ref name="Black Cross">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> Per his orders, the Green Gang which had been masquerading as a communist trade union called the [[Hop Wo Society]] suddenly drew [[firearm]]s on the crowd.<ref name="Templars 4" />The ensuing massacre that saw the confirmed deaths of 400 people with another 5,000 missing<ref name="Black Cross" /> was Chiang's bloody message to the communists of the KMT's definitive renunciation of their ties.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Accompanied by Du Yuesheng, he surprised the Shanghai Rite's leader [[Stirling Fessenden]] at the [[Great World]], where he formally make explicit his refusal of the Templar offer of membership. With the purge raging outside, he added that he was only refraining from doing the same to Templars to reciprocate their assistance with the armored train in Chekiang.<ref name="Templars 4" />

	~~Later,~~ the ~~young [[Darius Gift]] was sent~~ to ~~China by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] to deliver~~ a ~~package to~~ Chiang ~~in hopes of convincing him to join the Templar Order like his predecessor~~ [[~~Sun Yat-sen~~]]. ~~However~~, ~~Chiang rebuffed the~~ Templars.<ref name="~~ACTemplars~~">''[[~~Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross~~]]''</~~ref~~>		As the meeting came to a close, Chiang was received a card with a black cross from [[Tsai]], Soong Ching-ling's servant who had just been in contact with Albert Bolden.<ref name="Templars 4" /> Although he deduced correctly that this was the Black Cross's death mark,<ref name="Templars 4" /> nothing would come of it.<ref name="Templars 5" /> Bolden was then in a fight to save Darius Gift from being murdered by Du Yuesheng's assassin, [[Flowery Flag]], and would disappear right after clinching victory when Darius turned his gun on him for having killed his father.<ref name="Templars 5" />

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars ~~– Volume 1: Black Cross~~]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]''

	==References==		==References==

imported>Sol Pacificus: The whole article is actually poorly written and that last line is actually misleading/erroneous. He didn't betray the Templars because he refused to join them in the first place and told them so explicitly. I will double-check exact details and issues tomorrow.

2023-08-23T06:14:30Z

The whole article is actually poorly written and that last line is actually misleading/erroneous. He didn't betray the Templars because he refused to join them in the first place and told them so explicitly. I will double-check exact details and issues tomorrow.

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	'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (蔣介石; 1887 – 1975) was a [[China\|Chinese]] political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. ~~Chiang~~ was also ~~an influential member~~ of the [[Kuomintang]]~~, the Chinese Nationalist Party~~.		'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (蔣介石; 1887 – 1975) was a [[China\|Chinese]] political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. He was also the leader of the [[Kuomintang]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	In 1927, due to the ~~difficulties~~ of the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|Shanghai Rite]] to ease the growing tensions in China, the other Rites decided to intervene. The [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] sent the [[Black Cross]] to take care of a [[Templars\|Templar]] turncoat, [[Yuri Dolinsky]], who was leading a [[Red Army\|Russian army]] to fight Chiang.<ref name="FCBD Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' – Great Wall</ref>		In 1927, due to the inability of the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|Shanghai Rite]] to ease the growing tensions in China, the other Rites decided to intervene. The [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] sent the [[Black Cross]] to take care of a [[Templars\|Templar]] turncoat, [[Yuri Dolinsky]], who was leading a [[Red Army\|Russian army]] to fight Chiang.<ref name="FCBD Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' – Great Wall</ref>

	Later, the young [[Darius Gift]] was sent to China by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] to deliver a package to Chiang in hopes of convincing him to join the Templar Order like his predecessor [[Sun Yat-sen]]. However, Chiang ~~betrayed~~ the Templars~~, accepting their money and their help with no intention to join them, using them while planning to double-cross them with the help of [[Du Yuesheng]] and his [[Green Gang]]~~.<ref name="ACTemplars">''[[Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref>		Later, the young [[Darius Gift]] was sent to China by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] to deliver a package to Chiang in hopes of convincing him to join the Templar Order like his predecessor [[Sun Yat-sen]]. However, Chiang rebuffed the Templars.<ref name="ACTemplars">''[[Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''

	==References==		==References==

imported>Sol Pacificus: Please calm your compulsion to do this every time you see a citation that could be narrower.

2023-08-23T06:05:41Z

Please calm your compulsion to do this every time you see a citation that could be narrower.

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	In 1927, due to the difficulties of the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|Shanghai Rite]] to ease the growing tensions in China, the other Rites decided to intervene. The [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] sent the [[Black Cross]] to take care of ~~the~~ [[Templars\|Templar]] turncoat [[Yuri Dolinsky]], who was leading a [[Red Army\|Russian army]] to fight Chiang.<ref name="FCBD Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' – Great Wall</ref>		In 1927, due to the difficulties of the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|Shanghai Rite]] to ease the growing tensions in China, the other Rites decided to intervene. The [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] sent the [[Black Cross]] to take care of a [[Templars\|Templar]] turncoat, [[Yuri Dolinsky]], who was leading a [[Red Army\|Russian army]] to fight Chiang.<ref name="FCBD Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' – Great Wall</ref>

	Later, the young [[Darius Gift]] was sent to China by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] to deliver a package to Chiang in hopes of convincing him to join the Templar Order like his predecessor [[Sun Yat-sen]]. However, Chiang betrayed the Templars, accepting their money and their help with no intention to join them, using them while planning to double-cross them with the help of [[Du Yuesheng]] and his [[Green Gang]].<ref name="ACTemplars">''[[Assassin's Creed: ~~Templars~~]]'' ~~– {{Cite\|23 Aug 2023}}~~</ref>		Later, the young [[Darius Gift]] was sent to China by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] to deliver a package to Chiang in hopes of convincing him to join the Templar Order like his predecessor [[Sun Yat-sen]]. However, Chiang betrayed the Templars, accepting their money and their help with no intention to join them, using them while planning to double-cross them with the help of [[Du Yuesheng]] and his [[Green Gang]].<ref name="ACTemplars">''[[Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: ~~Templars~~]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross]]''

	==References==		==References==

imported>Darman36: Can be more specific than collection volume

2023-08-23T05:30:27Z

Can be more specific than collection volume

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	In 1927, due to the difficulties of the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|Shanghai Rite]] to ease the growing tensions in China, the other Rites decided to intervene. The [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] sent the [[Black Cross]] to take care of a [[Templars\|Templar]] turncoat, [[Yuri Dolinsky]], who was leading a [[Red Army\|Russian army]] to fight Chiang.<ref name="FCBD Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' – Great Wall</ref>		In 1927, due to the difficulties of the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|Shanghai Rite]] to ease the growing tensions in China, the other Rites decided to intervene. The [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] sent the [[Black Cross]] to take care of the [[Templars\|Templar]] turncoat [[Yuri Dolinsky]], who was leading a [[Red Army\|Russian army]] to fight Chiang.<ref name="FCBD Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' – Great Wall</ref>

	Later, the young [[Darius Gift]] was sent to China by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] to deliver a package to Chiang in hopes of convincing him to join the Templar Order like his predecessor [[Sun Yat-sen]]. However, Chiang betrayed the Templars, accepting their money and their help with no intention to join them, using them while planning to double-cross them with the help of [[Du Yuesheng]] and his [[Green Gang]].<ref name="ACTemplars">''[[Assassin's Creed Templars ~~Volume 1: Black Cross~~]]''</ref>		Later, the young [[Darius Gift]] was sent to China by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] to deliver a package to Chiang in hopes of convincing him to join the Templar Order like his predecessor [[Sun Yat-sen]]. However, Chiang betrayed the Templars, accepting their money and their help with no intention to join them, using them while planning to double-cross them with the help of [[Du Yuesheng]] and his [[Green Gang]].<ref name="ACTemplars">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – {{Cite\|23 Aug 2023}}</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed Templars ~~Volume 1: Black Cross~~]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]''

	==References==		==References==

imported>Sol Pacificus: I don't think Chiang himself was a member of the Green Gang, just allied with them. As for being a Templar ally, it seems to me that the Templars helped him w/o his asking & then he rejected their alliance, so I would rather leave out that category. / Never knew why he romanized his surname from Mandarin but given name from Cantonese.

2023-05-17T09:20:40Z

I don't think Chiang himself was a member of the Green Gang, just allied with them. As for being a Templar ally, it seems to me that the Templars helped him w/o his asking & then he rejected their alliance, so I would rather leave out that category. / Never knew why he romanized his surname from Mandarin but given name from Cantonese.

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	'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (~~Chinese:~~ 蔣介石; 1887 – 1975) was a [[China\|Chinese]] political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. Chiang was also an influential member of the [[Kuomintang]], the Chinese Nationalist Party.		'''Chiang Kai-shek''' (蔣介石; 1887 – 1975) was a [[China\|Chinese]] political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. Chiang was also an influential member of the [[Kuomintang]], the Chinese Nationalist Party.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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