Kuomintang 中國國民黨 Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng Chungkuo Kuomintang Chūgoku Kokumintō | |
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Abbreviation | KMT |
Premier | Sun Yat-sen (eternal) |
Chairman | Wang Jingwei (1939–1944) Chen Gongbo (1944–1945) |
Founded | 28 November 1939 |
Dissolved | 16 August 1945 |
Split from | Kuomintang[a] |
Headquarters | Nanjing, Republic of China |
Armed wing | Chinese Collaborationist Army |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right[1] |
International affiliation | Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere |
Colours | Blue |
Anthem | "Three Principles of the People" |
Party flag | |
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^ a: Claimed to be the legitimate Kuomintang in contrast to the Chiang Kai-shek-led government in Chungking |
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Wang Jingwei, former Premier of the Republic of China and Vice Director-General of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), split from the party in 1939 and established a new Kuomintang in Nanking. Wang, who collaborated with the Japanese, intended to distance the new party from the Kuomintang led by Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking. It was the sole ruling party of the Wang Jingwei regime, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan.
Officially still the "Kuomintang" (traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng), it was also referred to as "Wang's Pseudo-Kuomintang" or "Wang's Puppet Kuomintang" (traditional Chinese: 汪偽國民黨; simplified Chinese: 汪伪国民党; pinyin: Wāng wěi guómíndǎng).[2][3]