Definition of Guomindang

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Kuomintang
Generic synonyms: Party, Political Party

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guomindang

Gunpowder Plot
Gunter
Gunter's chain
Gunter's chains
Gunter's line
Gunter's lines
Gunter's scale
Gunter's scales
Gunther
Gunz' ligament
Gunzberg's reagent
Gunzberg's test
Guo
Guomindang (current term)
Guoyu
Gupta
Gur
Gurage
Guria
Gurindji
Gurjit
Gurkha
Gurkhas
Gurmukhi
Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Nanak
Gus
Gusii

Literary usage of Guomindang

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cold War in Asia edited by James G. Hershberg (1996)
"Our principal objective is to make the Americans and the Guomindang put all their aces on the table, while we keep our aces until the last moment. ..."

2. China and Hong Kong by Brigitte Lee (2003)
"Regrouping, they formed a peasant army in the south, but it came under increasing pressure from Guomindang forces. In danger of encirclement, 100000 of them ..."

3. Capital, the State, and Labour: A Global Perspective by Juliet Schor, Jong-Il You (1995)
"... ie, private firms free of ties to foreign corporations and to the former Guomindang government. The same was true of the land reform, which preserved ..."

4. Confucian Feminist: Memoirs of Zeng Baosun (1893-1978) by Baosun Zeng (2002)
"... spoke and explained to the chair, "I am not a member of President Chiang's Guomindang Party. Furthermore, the President appoints people to office ..."

5. Chinese Views of Future Warfare by Michael Pillsbury (1997)
"In the 1960s, because of factors such as the rapidly changing international situation and the clamoring of the Guomindang authorities on Taiwan to ..."

6. Continuing Crackdown in Inner Mongolia by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Asia Watch Committee (U.S., Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch (Organization (1992)
"... including "I-ong live democracy" and "Long live die Guomindang" - which had appeared on a classroom blackboard at the University of Inner Mongolia. ..."

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