Kuomintang

...elected president of Taiwan. His victory in 2000 broke the Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalist Party, grip on government in Taipei, and ushered in eight years of rule by his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Mr. Chen and the DPP had two...

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...in 1949. However, ties between Taipei and Beijing have been warming fast since Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomintang party was elected president last year on a promise to boost trade and allow in more Chinese tourists. "It would...

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..."bound to have a negative influence on the relations between the mainland and Taiwan". Chen Shu-rong, spokeswoman for Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party, told reporters that a senior Communist Party official had already cancelled a...

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...and to the 228 incident. On December 7, 1949, the Kuomintang (KMT) government under Chiang Kai-shek established Taipei as the provisional capital of the ROC after the Communists forced them to flee mainland China. Taipei was also the capital...

In this article: Taipei, Taiwan, Pacific War, Sino-Japanese War, Japan, and Chiang Kai-shek

...was opened to the public in 1925 after the last Qing emperor was kicked out. In the 1940s, the Kuomintang boxed up all the museum's best treasures and fled to Taiwan. They built Taiwan's National Palace Museum outside Taipei to house the...

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...Chen Shui-bian. He resigned from that position in 2003. Hau served as the secretary-general of the Red Cross in Taiwan and rejoined the Kuomintang in January 2006. On May 27, 2006, Hau was selected as the KMT's candidate for the...

In this article: Hau Lung-pin, Taiwan, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China, New Party, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Graduate Institute

...for shuai jiao, Chin Na, grappling and throwing. When Kuomintang troops under Chiang Kai-shek were driven from mainland China to Taiwan by the Communist rebels, Chang left for Taiwan. On the establishment of the National Police...

In this article: Chang Tung Sheng, Taiwan, China, Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II, Esophageal cancer, and Chiang Kai-shek

...a technological advantage. Cross-strait tensions have decreased since President Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomintang party came to power last year, vowing to promote reconciliation and trade links. This story is sourced direct...

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...and a master's degree from National Chengchi University. Wang was popular in the 1990s for his clean reputation and split with the Kuomintang to help found the New Party . In 2001, the three parties of the pan-Blue coalition, the KMT,...

In this article: Wang Chien-shien, New Party, Taipei City, National Chengchi University, National Cheng Kung University, and Su Tseng-chang