Chiang Kai-shek’s great-grandson moves to mainland China as clan builds cross-strait ties

Andrew Chiang You-ching, who has avoided the spotlight, is moving to Hangzhou ‘to put down roots’ and develop his career

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Andrew Chiang You-ching, the great-grandson of Taiwan’s former leader Chiang Kai-shek, announced on social media that he is moving to Hangzhou to build a career and promote cross-strait ties. Photo: Douyin/Andrew Chiang

Published: 5:21pm, 24 Mar 2025Updated: 11:04am, 25 Mar 2025

The great-grandson of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Kai-shek is now living in the mainland Chinese city of Hangzhou, as his family plays a key role in promoting cross-strait exchanges.

In a social media post last week, Andrew Chiang You-ching, 35, the youngest member in his generation of the Chiang family, a symbol of anti-communism in the previous century, said he had decided to relocate to the mainland to develop a career in the capital of eastern Zhejiang province.

“I’ve recently made the decision to put down roots and develop my career on the mainland,” he said in a short video post, without elaborating on what his career was.

“I recently want to try a new lifestyle,” he wrote in the post, which was picked up by the media over the weekend.

Chiang, who was educated in the United States, is the youngest of the three children whose father is politician Chiang Hsiao-yung – Chiang Kai-shek’s grandson. The younger Chiang has largely avoided the spotlight while his two brothers, Demos Chiang Yiu-po and Edward Chiang Yiu-chun, are successful designers.

In recent years, he has travelled frequently to the mainland and also visited his great-grandfather’s former residence in Ningbo, Zhejiang, according to Taiwanese media.

Mainland sentiment towards the late Kuomintang leader has softened considerably over the past three decades, as Chiang has been increasingly recognised as a pivotal figure in historical ties between the two sides. Until his death, Chiang promoted reunification with the mainland by defeating the Communist Party.