Chiang Kai-shek,also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi,was a Chinese Nationalist politician,revolutionary and military leader,who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 to his death in 1975 –until 1949 in mainland China and from then on in Taiwan. After his rule was confined to Taiwan following his defeat by Mao Zedong in the Chinese Civil War,he continued claiming to head the legitimate Chinese government in exile.
The Kuomintang (KMT),also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD) or the Chinese Nationalist Party,is a major political party in the Republic of China,initially on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan after 1949. It was the dominant party in China during the Republican Era from 1928 to 1949,when most of the Chinese mainland was under its control. The party retreated from the mainland to Taiwan on 7 December 1949,following its defeat in the Chinese Civil War. Chiang Kai-shek declared martial law and retained its authoritarian rule over Taiwan under the Dang Guo system until democratic reforms were enacted in the 1980s and full democratization in the 1990s. In Taiwanese politics,the KMT is the dominant party in the Pan-Blue Coalition and primarily competes with the rival Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). It is currently the largest opposition party in the Legislative Yuan. The current chairman is Eric Chu.
Soong Mei-ling or,legally,Soong May-ling,also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang,was a Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China,the wife of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek. Soong played a prominent role in the politics of the Republic of China and was the sister-in-law of Sun Yat-sen,the founder and the leader of the Republic of China. She was active in the civic life of her country and held many honorary and active positions,including chairwoman of Fu Jen Catholic University. During WW2,she rallied against the Japanese;and in 1943 conducted an eight-month speaking tour of the United States of America to gain support.
Sun Yat-sen,also known as Sun Yat-sun,Sun Chung-shan,Sun Yi-hsien,Sun Wen,Sun Jih-hsin,Suen Yat-sen,Suen Yat-sun,Sun Yixian and Sun Rixin,was a Chinese statesman,physician,and political philosopher,who served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang. He is called the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China,and the "Forerunner of the Revolution" in the People's Republic of China for his instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution. Sun is unique among 20th-century Chinese leaders for being widely revered in both Mainland China and Taiwan.
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a national monument,landmark and tourist attraction erected in memory of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,former President of the Republic of China. It is located in Taipei.
The National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is located in Xinyi District,Taipei,Taiwan. It is a memorial to the Republic of China's National Father,Dr. Sun Yat-sen,and was completed in 1972. The total building area covers 29,464 square metres in an open space of 115,000 square metres. It contains displays of Sun's life and the revolution he led,and is also a multi-purpose social,educational and cultural center for the public.
Sun Fo or Sun Ke,courtesy name Zhesheng (哲生),was a high-ranking official in the government of the Republic of China. He was the son of Sun Yat-sen,the founder of the Republic of China,and his first wife Lu Muzhen.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum is situated at the foot of the second peak of Purple Mountain in Nanjing,China. Construction of the tomb started in January 1926,and was finished in spring of 1929. The architect was LüYanzhi,who died shortly after it was finished. His representative and project partner was his close friend Huang Tanpu.
Hu Hanmin was a Chinese philosopher and politician who was one of the early conservative right factional leaders in the Kuomintang (KMT) during revolutionary China. The faction was named the Western Hills Group.
The First United Front,also known as the KMT–CCP Alliance,of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),was formed in 1924 as an alliance to end warlordism in China. Together they formed the National Revolutionary Army and set out in 1926 on the Northern Expedition. The CCP joined the KMT as individuals,making use of KMT's superiority in numbers to help spread communism. The KMT,on the other hand,wanted to control the communists from within. Both parties had their own aims and the Front was unsustainable. In 1927,KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek purged the Communists from the Front while the Northern Expedition was still half-complete. This initiated a civil war between the two parties that lasted until the Second United Front was formed in 1936 to prepare for the coming Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Presidential Palace in Nanjing,Jiangsu,China,housed the Office of the President of the Republic of China since 1927 until the capital was relocated to Taipei in 1949. It is now a museum called the China Modern History Museum. It is located at No.292 Changjiang Road,in the Xuanwu District of Nanjing.
SS Zhongshan,formerly romanized as Chung Shan,was a Chinese gunboat built in Japan in 1913. It was originally known as SS Yongfeng,before being renamed in 1925 in honor of Sun Yat-sen. Zhongshan was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second Sino-Japanese War,but was later raised and restored as a museum ship in Wuhan.
The Government of the Republic of China,also known as by various names of the Taiwan authorities by the People's Republic of China and the Governing authorities on Taiwan by the United States is the national government of the Republic of China whose de facto territory currently consists of Taiwan,Penghu,Kinmen,Matsu and other island groups in the "free area". The president is the head of state. The government consists of the presidency and five branches (Yuan):the Executive Yuan,Legislative Yuan,Judicial Yuan,Examination Yuan,and Control Yuan.
The Kuomintang (KMT) is a Chinese political party that ruled mainland China from 1927 to 1949 prior to its relocation to Taiwan as a result of the Chinese Civil War. The name of the party translates as "China's National People's Party" and was historically referred to as the Chinese Nationalists. The Party was initially founded on 23 August 1912,by Sun Yat-sen but dissolved in November 1913. It reformed on October 10th 1919,again led by Sun Yat-sen,and became the ruling party in China. After Sun's death,the party was dominated from 1927 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek. After the KMT lost the civil war with the Chinese Communist Party in 1949,the party retreated to Taiwan and remains a major political party of the Republic of China based in Taiwan.
The Chung-Shan Building is part of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall complex. Completed in 1966,the building is located in the Yangmingshan National Park in Taipei,Taiwan. The building is placed on the reverse of the 100 New Taiwan Dollar bill. The building was used as the meeting venue of the National Assembly and off limits to the general public until the National Assembly's suspension in 2005,and now serves as a location for hosting ceremonies by the President of the Republic of China for state visits and conferences.
The historical socialist ideology of the Kuomintang is a form of socialism and socialist thought developed in mainland China during the early Republic of China. The Tongmenghui revolutionary organization led by Sun Yat-sen was the first to promote socialism in China.
Deng Yanda was a military officer in the Chinese Nationalist Party. He broke with party leaders in 1927,denouncing them as traitors to the party's original principles and in 1930 attempted to form a new party,which he called the Provisional Action Committee of the Chinese Nationalist Party or Third Party. It was later renamed the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party. In 1931 he was convicted of treason by the Nationalist government and secretly executed. Today,Deng is recognized as a revolutionary martyr by the People's Republic of China.
The Canton Merchants' Corps Uprising or Incident was a contest between the Canton Merchants' Volunteer Corps and the Nationalist army in Guangzhou,China,in late 1924. It ended in a decisive government victory.
Ye Ju (1881–1925),formerly romanized as Yeh Chü, was a Chinese Nationalist general and governor of Guangdong Province.
