Chinese political parties
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The first major political party in China was the Kuomintang which has been restricted to Taiwan since 1949. It was founded in Guangdong Province on August 25, 1912 from a union of several revolutionary groups. The Republic of China was founded by Kuomintang's leader Dr. Sun Yat-sen later that year. In 1921, The Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in Shanghai as a study society, and an informal political network.
During the Chinese Civil War, under the CPC's leadership, the People's Liberation Army defeated the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army in 1949. As a last resort, the Kuomintang leadership left mainland China, and moved to Taiwan. Since then, there have been two very different Chinese political entities, one ruling mainland China, and the other ruling Taiwan.
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Political parties of China
The Government of the Republic of China
The Government of the Republic of China ruled the entire China before 1949 and has been confined to Taiwan after 1949.
Major parties prior to 1949 were:
Major parties since 1949 are:
- Kuomintang
- Democratic Progressive Party - established in 1986
For more, see:
The Government of the People's Republic of China
The Government of the People's Republic of China has ruled mainland China since 1949. The sole major political party is the Communist Party of China. For more, see:
Hong Kong and Macau
Hong Kong and Macau were both European colonies until the late 1990s, and, as a result, both special administrative regions have different political party histories. For more, see:
See also
- Index of political parties to browse parties by name
- List of political parties to browse parties by country
- List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
- membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
- List of political parties
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