Kuomintang

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The Kuomintang is a major Chinese political party, historically known for leading the Republic of China, opposing the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War, and later governing Taiwan for decades.

Aliases (16)
  • Chinese Nationalist Party ×3
  • Chinese Nationalist government ×2
  • Kuomintang Central Committee ×2
  • Kuomintang party congress ×2
  • Guomindang ×1
  • KMT ×1
  • Kuomintang authorities ×1
  • Kuomintang government ×1
  • Kuomintang ideology ×1
  • Kuomintang party headquarters ×1
  • Kuomintang party leadership ×1
  • Kuomintang party organization ×1
  • Left-wing Kuomintang forces ×1
  • Nationalist Government of the Republic of China ×1
  • Republic of China government ×1
  • 中國國民黨 ×1

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese political party
political organization
political party
alliedWith Anti-Comintern Pact powers (historical)
United States
antiCommunist true
associatedWithGovernmentForm one-party state in Taiwan (historical)
chairperson Eric Chu
color blue
conflict Chinese Civil War
country Republic of China
founder Sun Yat-sen
foundingDate 1919-10-10
governed Republic of China
Taiwan
governedFrom 1928
governedUntil 2000
hasMembership millions at peak in 20th century
headquartersCountry Republic of China
headquartersLocation Taipei
historicalCapitalGoverned Chongqing
Nanjing
ideology Chinese nationalism
Three Principles of the People
center-right politics
conservatism
languageOfName Chinese
lostPresidency 2016
nativeName 中國國民黨
nativeNameLanguage zh
operatesInJurisdiction Republic of China
Taiwan
opposedBy Chinese Communist Party
politicalPosition center-right
positionOnCrossStraitRelations opposes formal Taiwan independence
pro-engagement with mainland China
precededBy Tongmenghui
returnedToPower 2008
roleInTaiwan dominant ruling party during martial law era
shortName KMT
significantEvent Chinese Civil War
Northern Expedition
White Terror in Taiwan
retreat to Taiwan
supportedPolicy Chinese unification under Republic of China framework
symbol Blue Sky with a White Sun
transliteratedName Guomindang
womenWing Kuomintang Women’s Department
youthWing Kuomintang Youth League

Referenced by (104)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army
5th War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army
Bai Chongxi
Central Army of the Kuomintang
Chinese 71st Army
Feng Yuxiang
Guomin Gemingjun
Hu Zongnan
National Revolutionary Army
Tang Enbo
Xue Yue
Yan Xishan
Ye Ting
Zhang Fakui
Zhang Xueliang
allegiance
Chinese Nationalist reoccupation of Shanghai
First United Front
Guangzhou Uprising
Nanchang Uprising ("Left-wing Kuomintang forces")
New Fourth Army Incident
Second United Front
Second United Front ("Chinese Nationalist Party")
Soviet occupation of Manchuria ("Chinese Nationalist government")
Xi’an Incident
participant
Chen Cheng
Chiang Chieh-shih
Chiang Wei-kuo
Li Zongren
Song Zheyuan
Yan Xishan
Yang Hucheng
memberOf
East China Field Army
Long March
Nanchang Uprising
New Fourth Army
Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region
Xin Si Jun
opponent
Chiang Chieh-shih
Chiang Ching-kuo
Eric Chu
He Yingqin
Hu Zongnan
Li Zongren
politicalParty
5th War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army ("Chinese Nationalist government")
Guomin Gemingjun
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China
National Revolutionary Army
controlledBy
Chinese Northeastern Army
Kuomintang Women’s Department
Soong Mei-ling
Whampoa Military Academy ("Chinese Nationalist Party")
politicalAlignment
Chiang Kai-shek
T. V. Soong
Zhang Zhizhong
memberOfPoliticalParty
Beiyang Army factions
Li Lisan
Yang Kaihui
opposedBy
Kuomintang Women’s Department
Kuomintang Youth League
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China
parentOrganization
Sun Yat-sen ("Chinese Nationalist Party")
Three Principles of the People ("Kuomintang ideology")
influenced
National Revolutionary Army
Whampoa Military Academy
operatedBy
Blue Sky with a White Sun
National Revolutionary Army
usedBy
Blue Sky with a White Sun
adoptedBy
Kuomintang Youth League
affiliatedWith
Kuomintang Women’s Department ("Kuomintang Central Committee")
affiliation
Director-General of the Kuomintang
appliesToOrganization
National Revolutionary Army
armedWingOf
Chinese Expeditionary Force
associatedWith
Northern Expedition
belligerent
Director-General of the Kuomintang ("Kuomintang party congress")
canBeRemovedBy
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
conflictBetween
Yang Hucheng ("Kuomintang authorities")
detainedBy
Director-General of the Kuomintang ("Kuomintang party congress")
electedBy
National Revolutionary Army
establishedBy
Guomin Gemingjun
foundedBy
National Revolutionary Army
founder
Sun Yat-sen
founderOf
Chinese Taipei ("Republic of China government")
governedBy
Director-General of the Kuomintang ("Kuomintang party organization")
hasAuthorityOver
War of Liberation
hasParticipant
Ye Ting ("Kuomintang government")
imprisonedBy
Director-General of the Kuomintang ("Kuomintang Central Committee")
isLeaderOf
Chiang Kai-shek
leaderOf
Chinese Revolution
mainParticipant
White Terror in Taiwan
mainPerpetrator
Tongmenghui members
mergedInto
Kuomintang ("中國國民黨")
nativeName
Northern Expedition
organizedBy
Kuomintang Women’s Department
partOf
Ye Ting
politicalAffiliation
Sun Lianzhong
politicalSide
Director-General of the Kuomintang
positionHeldInOrganization
Chinese nationalism
promotedBy
Kuomintang ("KMT")
shortName
Interwar period
significantOrganization
Director-General of the Kuomintang ("Kuomintang party headquarters")
supervises
Kuomintang Youth League ("Kuomintang party leadership")
supports
Blue Sky with a White Sun
symbolOf
Kuomintang ("Guomindang")
transliteratedName
He Yingqin ("Nationalist Government of the Republic of China")
workedFor

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