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Also Known As Kuo-min Tang • United League • Nationalists • National People’s Party • Kuomintang • Tongmenghui • Chinese Revolutionary Party • Alliance Society • KMT • National Chinese
Date 1912 - present
Areas Of Involvement democracy • communism • nationalism
Related People Wang Ching-wei • Mao Zedong • Sun Yat-sen • Chiang Kai-shek • Ma Ying-jeou • Soong Mei-ling • Chiang Ching-kuo • Zhang Guotao • Huang Xing • T.V. Soong • Song Qingling • Hu Hanmin • Lee Teng-hui • Guo Taiqi • H.H. K’ung

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