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Despite its Nationalist ideology, the Kuomintang sought alliances with Western powers and so the government allowed them to [[police]] the [[Shanghai International Settlement|International Settlement]] in [[Shanghai]] with their own [[Soldier|troops]]. [[Sung-Chi Li]] disapproved of the policy as it meant there was a greater chance that [[criminal]]s could haggle their way out of [[arrest]], and not be handed over to the authority of the Kuomintang. The Kuomintang issued [[Browning Hi-Power]] [[firearm]]s to its own security forces. | Despite its Nationalist ideology, the Kuomintang sought alliances with Western powers and so the government allowed them to [[police]] the [[Shanghai International Settlement|International Settlement]] in [[Shanghai]] with their own [[Soldier|troops]]. [[Sung-Chi Li]] disapproved of the policy as it meant there was a greater chance that [[criminal]]s could haggle their way out of [[arrest]], and not be handed over to the authority of the Kuomintang. The Kuomintang issued [[Browning Hi-Power]] [[firearm]]s to its own security forces. | ||
In the [[1930s]], the Kuomintang also had to confront the aggression of [[Japan]] and [[Japanese Empire|her Empire]], from the [[invasion of Manchuria|invasion]] of [[Manchuria]] in [[1931]], to the [[Japanese occupation of Shanghai|crisis in Shanghai]] in [[1932]], and [[Marco Polo | In the [[1930s]], the Kuomintang also had to confront the aggression of [[Japan]] and [[Japanese Empire|her Empire]], from the [[invasion of Manchuria|invasion]] of [[Manchuria]] in [[1931]], to the [[Japanese occupation of Shanghai|crisis in Shanghai]] in [[1932]], and [[Marco Polo Bridge Incident|the incident]] at [[Marco Polo Bridge]] in [[July]] [[1937]] which sparked [[Second Sino-Japanese War|war between the two nations]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
Following [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|the end]] of the [[Pacific War]], by [[1951]], the Communists had wrested control of China from the Kuomintang. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') Under [[Mao Tse-Tung]], China became a repressive [[police]] [[state]] comparable with [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s [[Germany]] and [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s [[Russia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') | Following [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|the end]] of the [[Pacific War]], by [[1951]], the Communists had wrested control of China from the Kuomintang. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') Under [[Mao Tse-Tung]], China became a repressive [[police]] [[state]] comparable with [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s [[Germany]] and [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s [[Russia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') | ||
Latest revision as of 11:18, 23 February 2021
The Kuomintang (KMT) was the governing party in China from 1911 and into World War II. It was formed during the 1911 revolution from an alliance of Nationalist warlords led by Sun Yat Sen. They overthrew the boy Emperor Pu Yi and took charge of China.
Chiang Kai-shek later took control of the Kuomintang and set his efforts on containing the growing Communist movement filtering into China from the USSR to the north. Numerous expeditions launched by Chiang successfully drove the Communists into the mountainous regions of north and central China, bordering Mongolia. Du Yue Sheng, who was a general during these expeditions, was made Minister of Opium Suppression as a reward for his services. However, the Kuomintang thereafter struggled to further dislodge the Communists and the power struggle devolved into a stalemate.
Despite its Nationalist ideology, the Kuomintang sought alliances with Western powers and so the government allowed them to police the International Settlement in Shanghai with their own troops. Sung-Chi Li disapproved of the policy as it meant there was a greater chance that criminals could haggle their way out of arrest, and not be handed over to the authority of the Kuomintang. The Kuomintang issued Browning Hi-Power firearms to its own security forces.
In the 1930s, the Kuomintang also had to confront the aggression of Japan and her Empire, from the invasion of Manchuria in 1931, to the crisis in Shanghai in 1932, and the incident at Marco Polo Bridge in July 1937 which sparked war between the two nations. (PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang)
Following the end of the Pacific War, by 1951, the Communists had wrested control of China from the Kuomintang. (PROSE: Endgame) Under Mao Tse-Tung, China became a repressive police state comparable with Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia. (PROSE: World Game)
