Guomindang
Taiwan's founding party
Guomindang is the Chinese Nationalist Party, founded in 1912 and led by Chiang Kai-shek after 1925.
The party governed mainland China until 1949, when Communist forces drove it to Taiwan, where it ruled until democratic reforms ended one-party control.
Also spelled Kuomintang and abbreviated KMT or GMD.
- Chiang Kai-shekChinese Nationalist leader
- Republic of ChinaTaiwan's formal designation
- Chinese Civil WarStruggle that split China
- May Fourth Movement1919 Chinese political awakening
Canton · White Terror · martial law · Long March · Flying Tigers
Capital of Taiwan
- Republic of ChinaTaiwan's formal designation
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- White TerrorReactionary political mass killings
- martial law eraTime of armed forces control
Devotion to one's country
- democracyRule by the people
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- anti-communismOpposition to Marxist ideology
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
Sun Yat-sen · Confucianism · constitutional government · tutelage · land reform · state capitalism · Chinese nationalism · sovereignty
Lawmaking governmental branch
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- primaryChief in importance
- caucusParty selection meeting
faction · party congress · central committee · chairperson · localization · mainlander
Sun Yat-sen
- Chiang Kai-shekChinese Nationalist leader
- Republic of ChinaTaiwan's formal designation
- Chinese Civil WarStruggle that split China
May Fourth Movement · Canton · White Terror · martial law · Long March · Flying Tigers
Taipei
Capital of Taiwan
- Republic of ChinaTaiwan's formal designation
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- White TerrorReactionary political mass killings
nationalism
Devotion to one's country
- democracyRule by the people
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- anti-communismOpposition to Marxist ideology
Sun Yat-sen · reunification · Confucianism · constitutional government · tutelage · land reform · state capitalism · Chinese nationalism · sovereignty · patriotism
legislature
Lawmaking governmental branch
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- primaryChief in importance
caucus · faction · party congress · central committee · chairperson · localization · mainlander
GuomindangChinese Communist Party
China's ruling political organization
CCP · Mao Zedong · People's Liberation Army · Red Army · Maoists
GuomindangMarxism-Leninism
State-led revolutionary socialism
Maoism · communist ideology · proletarian revolution · class struggle · collectivism