Guomindang

The Guomindang was the Chinese Nationalist Party founded by Sun Yat Sen and later led by Chiang Kai Shek, who had been part of the Whampoa Military Academy. This party fought directly against the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, that had been reformed to appeal to the peasants rather than the working class, which did not exist in China at the time. Chiang Kai Shek led the Guomindang to form an alliance with the Communist Party, only to turn against them in order to push the communists out of power. This led to the "Long March" of the CCP into Western China. The Guomindang later struggled to maintain control over China as Mao began to rise and appeal to the majority, the peasants. Mao won over the population and formed Communist China, which pushed the Guomindang into Taiwan.

Chiang Kai Shek

5/19/09 Created by Hannah Hollon and Frances Grimball