Kuomintang history. It cooperated with the Communist Party until 1927, when Sun 's succe...

Kuomintang history. It cooperated with the Communist Party until 1927, when Sun 's successor, Chiang Kai-shek, turned against the communists, initiating a civil war. The war is generally divided into two phases with an interlude. Armed conflict continued intermittently from 1 August 1927 until Communist victory resulted in their near-complete control over mainland China on 10 December 1949. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote. The KMT originated in China in 1912, founded by Song Jiaoren (宋教仁) and Sun Yat-sen (孫中山) shortly after the Xinhai Revolution (辛亥革命). From the KMT's founding in 1912 until the 1949 exile, the KMT cemented a place in China's political history. Sun Yat-sen’s education in the west greatly affected his political thought, and his ideas were revolutionary for a China that failed to modernise and adapt to the changing world. Founded in 1912 by Sun Yat-sen, the KMT helped topple the Qing dynasty and promoted modernization along Western lines. The party’s name is translated as the “National People’s Party of China,” and it referred generally to Chinese nationalists. Cooperation was renewed in order to repel the Japanese (1937–45), after which the civil war was . vms kqu yivlatqz weyar oumbr rmbkgs tng ifbk wbave jzcw