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The 
Kuomintang (lit. Nationalist Party) is a political party in the Republic of 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.