Kuomintang (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 Kuomintang was officially founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen and remained a major force in Chinese politics for decades to come.
- Chiang Kai-shek served as the leader of the Kuomintang after the death of Sun Yat-sen and led the military campaign against the Communist forces.
- The Kuomintang government implemented several policies aimed at modernizing China's economy and infrastructure during the 1920s and 1930s.
- After being defeated by the Communist forces, the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan and established it as its new base of operations.
- The Kuomintang ruled Taiwan for several decades as a single-party authoritarian government until the democratic reforms of the 1990s.