Guomindang (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Guomindang was the dominant party in China during the early 20th century.
- The Guomindang was strongly anti-communist and received significant financial and military aid from the United States during the Chinese Civil War.
- Following the loss of mainland China to the Communist Party, the Guomindang retreated to Taiwan where it ruled as the sole legitimate government of China.
- The Guomindang has been the main opposition party in Taiwan since the democratic liberalization of the country in the 1980s and 1990s.
- The Guomindang's authoritarian rule in Taiwan lasted for nearly four decades, marked by martial law and severe suppression of dissent.