Kuomintang

The Kuomintang (lit. Nationalist Party) is a political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It also has a faction that is active in Mainland China.

History

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The Mainland Period

Founded in 1894 by Sun Yat-sen as the Revive China Society, the aim of the political party was to overthrow the corrupt and authoritarian File:Qing-icon.png Qing dynasty.

After Sun Yat-sen was proclaimed the President of the Republic of China in 1912, he gave his position as President to Prime Minister of the Qing Empire, Yuan Shikai. The party reformed in 1919 in the File:France-icon.png French concession in File:Shanghai-icon.png Shanghai.

Under Yuan Shikai's presidency, China had became a de-facto dictatorship with Yuan exhibiting several dictatorial and corrupt policies, and Yuan eventually later attempted to revive the monarchy by proclaiming himself as the Emperor of China. This led to the beginning of the Warlord Era.

During this period, the Kuomintang planned a temporary one-party dictatorship in order to stabilize China. With the help of Soviets, the Kuomintang began to retake control of Mainland China.

In 1924, Sun Yat-sen was offered a meeting with a warlord to end the internal war in China. However, Sun passed away in 12 March 1925 from terminal liver cancer. His legacy would eventually influence both the modern Kuomintang as a whole as well as the Chinese Communist Party.

A year after his death, Chiang Kai-shek became leader of the Kuomintang. Under his rule, the Kuomintang launched the Northern Expedition, successfully retaking control of China. However, during in the middle of this expedition, tensions between the Nationalists and the Communists began to crack open.

The Taiwan (Modern) Era

After the Communists managed to take over Mainland China, the remaining Nationalist forces set foot in the island of Taiwan. The Republic of China still remained as a one-party state under the Kuomintang.

On 5 April 1975, Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Kuomintang and dictator of the ROC, passed away. He was later succeded by Yen Chia-kan.

On 20 May 1978, Chiang Kai-shek's son, Chiang Ching-kuo, was elected as President of the ROC. Near the end of his life and presidency in 1987, he ended martial law in Taiwan and paved the way for the establishment of a multi-party democracy in Taiwan. Chiang later passed away on 13 January 1988, and was succeded by Lee Teng-hui. Lee eventually became the first President in Taiwanese history to win the popular vote in 1996, the first elections in the country's history where people were given the right to vote.

In 2000, for the first time in the ROC's history, the Kuomintang was defeated by the Democratic Progressive Party, with Chen Shui-bian becoming president.

In 2008, the Kuomintang returned to power with Ma Ying-jeou as their presidential candidate. His presidency saw Taiwan making a trade pact with Mainland China in 2013, which was met heavy criticism from the Taiwanese public, as it undermines Taiwan's economy and legitimacy as a whole. This led to Sunflower Student Movement beginning nearly a year after the pact was first signed, with protestors even managing to storm the Legislative Yuan building.

In 2016, the Kuomintang lost to the DPP, this time led by Tsai Ing-wen, who lost the previous election earlier in 2012. The Kuomintang would continue to lose future elections since.

How to Draw

1. Draw a ball.
2. Fill it with blue.
3. Draw a white sun with 12 rays, as seen in the Kuomintang and Taiwan's flags and emblems.
4. Draw slanted eyes or lines for the eyes, and you're done!

Relations

Enemies

• Chinese Communist Party - 叛徒！ YOU ARE NOT THE LEGITIMATE LEADER OF ZHONGGUO! 1989年天安門廣場和「大」躍進 NEVER FORGET! At least we agree that Imperial Riben is a racist psychopath, and we stopped that genocider. Wo also do not carings if Sun Yat-sen was a socialist himself.

Videos

• Sun Yat-sen | Chinese History | Extra History Complete
• How Taiwan Became a Democracy
• Sunflower Movement, Explained