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2011 Taiwan food scandal

KMT legislator Chiu Yi also alleged that the DPP had ties with the owner of the Yu Shen Company, Lai Chun-chieh.

Allegations of CIA drug trafficking

In order to provide covert funds for the Kuomintang (KMT) forces loyal to General Chiang Kai-shek, who were fighting the Chinese communists under Mao Zedong, the CIA helped the KMT smuggle opium from China and Burma to Bangkok, Thailand, by providing airplanes owned by one of their front businesses, Air America.

Anti-communist mass killings

The Shanghai massacre of 1927, also known as the 12 April Incident, was a large-scale purge of Communists from the Kuomintang (KMT) in Shanghai, ordered by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on 12 April 1927, during the Northern Expedition against the warlords.

Chan Chun-po

Chan was appointed to be the Secretary-General of Kuomintang for the second time on 9 September by KMT Chairman Wu Po-hsiung.

Cheng Qian

By the late 1940s he was one of the most powerful members of the Kuomintang, and in 1948, he was a successful candidate for the vice-presidency of the KMT National Government.

Constitutional Protection Movement

After the assassination of Tang Hualong by a Nationalist in Canada, several KMT overseas branches were banned.

Hip Sing Association

During the 1930s and 40s, the Hip Sings were involved in drug trafficking operations with the Kuomintang (KMT) and later the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC).

Honghu

The scenic Lake Honghu was the centerpiece of a revolutionary opera: "The Red Guards on Honghu Lake" (洪湖赤卫队) which was based on a true story about the Red Army and its struggle with the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War.

Hsu Hsin-liang

Hsu attended now the Hsinchu Senior High School and received his bachelor's degree in Political Science from the National Chengchi University in 1967 and his KMT-sponsored master's degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1969.

India–Taiwan relations

In 1994, the veterans' association for the Tibetan guerrilla group Chushi Gangdruk met with the MTAC and agreed to the KMT's One China Principle.

Li Zongren

When Wang Jingwei installed a left-leaning KMT faction in Wuhan, Borodin attempted to recruit Li to join the Communists, but Li was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, and refused.

Liu Bocheng

In the Red Army’s endeavour against the KMT's Fifth Encirclement Campaign, Liu was demoted to Chief of Staff of the 5th Field Army following his dissidence with Bo and Braun.

Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau

Initially, it was called Bureau of Investigation and Statistics subordinated to the Central Executive Committee of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).

Pan-Blue Coalition

The popular Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou was also elected the new head of the Kuomintang, and was considered the leading contender for the KMT nomination in the 2008 presidential election.

Patty Hou

Hou's name is attached to a number of male personalities such as former Taiwanese group L.A. Boyz members Stanley Huang and Steven Lin, the son of KMT chairman and former Taiwanese Vice-President Lien Sheng Wen, Zhang Rui Zhang and more.

President of the Republic of China

After President Lee Teng-hui succeeded Chiang as president in 1988, the power struggle within the KMT extended to the constitutional debate over the relationship between the president and the premier.

from: 13/01/1988 till: 20/05/2000 color:kmt-pres text:"Lee" fontsize:10

Suk Bahadur Rai

He won the award for his brave actions in the raid against Kuomintang (KMT) insurgents on Battle of Tachileik Highway in Myanmar.

Taiwanese identity

During the period of Martial Law, when the Kuomintang (KMT) was the only authorised party to govern Taiwan, the KMT government has "modified" Taiwan's history from a Greater China perspective and lump the pre-existing Hoklo and Hakka with the Mainlanders as Chinese, who came to Taiwan and forced aboriginal communities into the mountains.

Warlord Era

The KMT itself was plagued by factionalism with influential leaders like Wang Jingwei and Hu Hanmin rebelling against Chiang.

Zunyi Conference

At the Xiang river, Chiang Kai-shek had reinforced the KMT defenses.


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