(n) the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan, Syn. Guomindang
[宋楚瑜, Sòng Chǔ yúㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄨˇ ㄩˊ] James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党, See Also: 親民黨, 亲民党#13325
[施明德, Shī Míng déㄕ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ] Shih Ming-te (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, since 2006 leader of protests against Chen Shuibian, See Also: 民進黨, 民进党#27402
[蔡元培, Cài Yuán péiㄘㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄆㄟˊ] Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), liberal educationalist, studied in Germany, President of Beijing University 1917-19, minister of education for Guomindang#38903
[瞿秋白, Qū Qiū báiㄑㄩ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄅㄞˊ] Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March#42898
[同盟会 / 同盟會, Tóng méng huìㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ] Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912, See Also: 國民黨, 国民党#47954
[中国同盟会 / 中國同盟會, Zhōng guó Tóng méng huìㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ] Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912, See Also: 國民黨, 国民党#115241
[华兴会 / 華興會, Huá xīng huìㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˋ] anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in Changsha by Huang2 Xing1 黃興|黄兴 in 1904, a precursor of Sun Yat-sen's Alliance for Democracy 同盟會|同盟会 and of the Guomindang, See Also: 黃興, 黄兴, 同盟會, 同盟会#163612
[二次革命, èr cì gé mìngㄦˋ ㄘˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ] second revolution; campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords, See Also: 袁世凱, 袁世凯
[半封建半殖民地, bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dìㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄓˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ] semi-feudal and semi-colonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang
[韩复矩 / 韓復榘, Hán Fù jǔㄏㄢˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄩˇ] Han Fuju (1890-1938), Guomindang general and governor of Shandong, executed by Jiang Kai-shek after he abandoned Ji'nan to the Japanese