Kuomintang
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- Kuomintang
- 1912, Chinese nationalist party founded by Sun Yat-Sen, led after 1925 by Chiang Kai-Shek; from kuo "nation, nationalist" + min "people" + tang "party."
Example
- 1. Kuomintang spokesman su jun-pin confirmed saturday that the two would meet .
- 2. Rampant price rises helped bring down the kuomintang in the late 1940s .
- 3. The kuomintang leader will stand partly on his record of soothing dangerously hot tempers across the taiwan strait , and forging closer economic ties and transport links with mainland china .
- 4. Mr. chen narrowly won re-election , and the kuomintang accused the dpp of using the incident to its advantage by bringing out a sympathy vote .
- 5. Ms. tsai also has made some inroads with the business community , traditionally a kuomintang stronghold , with comments about china seen as more moderate than the platform of her pro-independence party .