Word Study: Kuomintang

Kuomintang |ˈkwōˈminˈta ng; -ˈtä ng; ˈgwô-| (alsoGuomindang |ˈgwōˈminˈdä ng |)a nationalist party founded in China under Sun Yat-sen in 1912, and led by Chiang Kai-shek from 1925. It held power from 1928 until theCommunist Party took power in October 1949, and it subsequently formed the central administration of Taiwan.ORIGIN from Chinese, ‘national people's party.’