A report on Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng, Chiang Chieh-shih, Cheung Kai-shek and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary and military leader, who served as the leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to until his death in 1975.
- Chiang Kai-shekFrom 1926 to 1928, the KMT under Chiang Kai-shek successfully led the Northern Expedition against regional warlords and unified the fragmented nation.
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White Terror (Taiwan)
3 linksIn Taiwan, the White Terror is used to describe the political repression on civilians living on the island and the surrounding areas under its control by the government under the rule of the Kuomintang (KMT, i.e. Chinese Nationalist Party).
The ideology, theory and repression ruling pattern of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang regime in China and Taiwan has been compared by some scholars to fascist regimes elsewhere, such as Nazi Germany, since the National Revolutionary Army was heavily dependent on the German military mission during the Sino-German cooperation (1926–1941) until Adolf Hitler decided to withdraw in 1938.
February 28 incident
5 linksThe February 28 incident, also rendered as the February 28 massacre, the 228 incident, or the 228 massacre was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang (KMT)–led nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC).
Directed by provincial governor Chen Yi and president Chiang Kai-shek, thousands of civilians were killed beginning on February 28, 1947.
Taiwan independence movement
7 linksPolitical movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations.
Political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations.
With democracy suspended in ROC-controlled Taiwan, the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) of the ROC, in reality, developed Taiwan into a dictatorship.
The Anti-communist Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China on Taiwan, believed the Americans were going to plot a coup against him along with Taiwan Independence.
New Life Movement
4 linksGovernment-led civic campaign in the 1930s Republic of China to promote cultural reform and Neo-Confucian social morality and to ultimately unite China under a centralised ideology following the emergence of ideological challenges to the status quo.
Government-led civic campaign in the 1930s Republic of China to promote cultural reform and Neo-Confucian social morality and to ultimately unite China under a centralised ideology following the emergence of ideological challenges to the status quo.
Chiang Kai-shek as head of the government and the Chinese Nationalist Party launched the initiative on 19 February 1934 as part of an anti-Communist campaign, and soon enlarged the campaign to target the whole nation.
Northeast Flag Replacement
4 linksThe Northeast Flag Replacement refers to Zhang Xueliang's announcement on 29 December 1928 that all banners of the Beiyang government in Manchuria would be replaced with the flag of the Nationalist government, thus nominally uniting China under one government.
The Northeast Flag Replacement refers to Zhang Xueliang's announcement on 29 December 1928 that all banners of the Beiyang government in Manchuria would be replaced with the flag of the Nationalist government, thus nominally uniting China under one government.
In April 1928, Chiang Kai-shek was reinstated as commander of the National Revolutionary Army, the position he previously resigned from after taking responsibility for splitting the KMT during the First Northern Expedition.
Dang Guo
2 linksDang Guo was the one-party system adopted by the Republic of China under the Kuomintang.
From 1924 onwards, after Sun Yat-sen's decision to copy elements of the Soviet Union's political system, Chiang Kai-shek used the Kuomintang to control and operate the National Government of the Republic of China (ROC) and the National Revolutionary Army.
Mikhail Borodin
4 linksBolshevik revolutionary and Communist International (Comintern) agent.
Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist International (Comintern) agent.
He was an advisor to Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang (KMT) in China during the 1920s.
Under Borodin's tutelage, both parties were reorganised on the Leninist principle of democratic centralism, and training institutes for mass organisation were established, such as the Peasant Training Institute, where the young Mao Zedong served, and the Whampoa Military Academy, which trained officers for the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek.
Du Yuesheng
3 linksChinese mob boss who spent much of his life in Shanghai.
Chinese mob boss who spent much of his life in Shanghai.
He was a key supporter of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang in their battle against the Communists in the 1920s, and was a figure of some importance during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Republic of China Armed Forces
5 linksThe Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF; ) are the armed forces of the Republic of China (ROC), once based in mainland China and currently in its remaining jurisdictions which include the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other smaller ROC-controlled islands such as Taiping Island in the South China Sea.
The Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF; ) are the armed forces of the Republic of China (ROC), once based in mainland China and currently in its remaining jurisdictions which include the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other smaller ROC-controlled islands such as Taiping Island in the South China Sea.
The nationalization of the armed forces in 1947 detached the Kuomintang's direct control of the armed forces, and it became a national defense force.
In 1929, Chiang Kai-shek established the Aviation Class in the ROC Military Academy.
Ma Bufang
4 linksProminent Muslim Ma clique warlord in China during the Republic of China era, ruling the province of Qinghai.
Prominent Muslim Ma clique warlord in China during the Republic of China era, ruling the province of Qinghai.
Ma Bufang sided with Feng Yuxiang's Guominjun until the Central Plains War, when he switched to the winning side of Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1937, Ma Bufang rose with the help of the Kuomintang and forced his uncle Ma Lin to concede his position.