Associations to the word «Kuomintang»

Wiktionary

KUOMINTANG, proper noun. A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949 and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.

Dictionary definition

KUOMINTANG, 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.

Wise words

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