In April 1927, however, Chiang Kai-shek purged KMT leftists, had Communists arrested or killed, and expelled his Soviet advisers. Chiang Ching-kuo responded from Moscow with an editorial that harshly criticized his father's actions but was nonetheless detained as a "guest" of the Soviet Union, a practical hostage. The historiographic debate still continues as to whether he was forced to write the editorial, but he had seen Trotskyist friends arrested and killed by the Soviet secret police. The Soviet government sent him to work in the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant, a steel factory in the Urals, Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk), where he met Faina Ipat'evna Vakhreva, a native Belarusian. They married on 15 March 1935, and she would later take the Chinese name Chiang Fang-liang. In December of that year, their son, Hsiao-wen was born.
in aPRIl 1927, However, Chiang kaI-ShEk purgEd kMt lefTists, HaD commuNists ArresTED oR kiLLed, and eXpEllEd his soViet aDvIsERs. CHiang ChIng-KuO resPONded from mosCoW wiTh an ediToriAL that harShLy CriticizEd his FatHer'S acTioNS but was nONethelEss detaiNEd As A "gueSt" oF ThE Soviet uNion, A pRACtICAl HostaGe. tHe hiStOriographic DebaTe StiLl CoNtinues AS To wHether he waS FOrced to write thE edItOriaL, BUT He had seEn TrotskyIst FRiEnDS arreSted and KIlleD bY tHe SOVIET secRet PoliCe. the soviEt goVeRnmenT sEnt hIM tO work In the urAl heavY MAChinEry pLant, A StEEl factory in the URaLs, yekateRinBuRg (then sverdlOVsk), whErE He meT faInA Ipat'evnA VaKhreva, a Native beLarusian. theY maRried ON 15 MarcH 1935, aNd shE wouLD Later tAke the chinESe Name cHiANg fAng-LiAng. IN decEmbeR Of thAT Year, THeIr son, hsiao-wEn Was borN.