What is the most likely reason Chiang Kai-shek was able to rule as a dictator? Chinese warlords' strong rule demonstrated that democracy was ineffective. The Nationalist Party had violently rejected republican rule under Sun Yat-sen. The Communist Party supported Chiang Kai-shek and totalitarian government. China was ready for a powerful leader after chaos at the end of the republic.

As China was ready for a powerful leader after chaos at the end of the republic, Chiang Kai-shek was able to rule as a dictator. He was the one who unified the country after the Chinese Revolution of 1911. He ruled from 1930 to 1949 in China, and from 1950 to 1975 from Taiwan, where he was exiled as he lost the Chinese Civil War. He belonged to the Nationalist party and fought against the Communists. However, he did not win and had to be exiled in Taiwan.

Answer is D on edgenunity