Negotiations collapsed. During the critical days of early 1949, Chiang appeared in succession in Shanghai, Canton, Chungking, Chengtu and other beleaguered cities to hearten the faltering defenders and to aid their last desperate efforts. In December 1949, the national capital was moved temporarily to Taipei.
不久，和談破裂，蔣公基於對國家的責任感，乃以中國國民黨總裁身份前往上海、舟山、福州、廣州、重慶、成都等，鼓舞士氣，希望挽回軍事頹勢，共同為拯救國家民族而努力。