Alvin Lee Chiang Kai-Shek and the Kuomintang

10/20/11

Chinas National Peoples party was established by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 after nationalist movements broke down Chinas last dynasty, the Qing Dynasty. The party focused on The Three Principles of the People: nationalism, democracy and social reform. Sun Yat-sen goals to restructure China included phases of military control, one party control and constitutional democracy. Sun gained support for his government from the Soviet Union, communists, and bourgeoisie of China. During Suns death in 1925, the Kuomintangs military commander, Chiang Kai-Shek took control of the Kuomintang. The change from Sun to Chiang would change the direction of the Kuomintang; leading away from Suns original ideas. In power, Chiang launched the Northern Expedition to free cities such as Hankou, Shanghai, and Nanjing, from warlord governments using the National Revolutionary Army. Chiang also removed communists allied with the Peoples Party. Chiang viewed against communism, favoring a government controlled economy instead. The removal of these members sparked the Chinese Civil War with Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party. The time period from the removal of the communists to the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War is known as the Nanjing Decade. At this period both the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang gave up differences momentarily to fight the common enemy, the Japanese.

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