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68-639: In the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958, Daomei ( 岛美 ) in Gangwei was one of the areas from which PLA forces shelled Kinmen County (Quemoy), Republic of China (Taiwan). The Daomei milita dug eleven trenches and built 136 air raid shelters. On September 8, Chinese Nationalist forces fired 1,285 shells at Wu Yu, destroying 151 homes and a granary. 37 members of the Daomei militia took eight boats to Wu Yu bringing 130,000 jin of food for

136-543: A hospital on Kinmen, showing that during the 20-year period of mostly propaganda leaflets being fired by both sides it was still a very dangerous combat zone until 1979. The crisis subsided and returned to status quo ante bellum on 2 December when the U.S. Navy secretly and quietly removed their extra warships from the Taiwan Strait and the ROC Navy resumed unilateral combat and escort duties. On 23 August 2019,

204-703: A letter warning that the American actions threatened world war, claiming that the Soviet Union would be forced to honor its commitments to the territorial integrity of Communist China. The letter was rejected by the American government. The Eisenhower Administration responded to the request for aid from the ROC according to its obligations in the ROC-United States mutual defense treaty that had been ratified in 1954. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered

272-585: A preemptive strike against PRC positions. Twelve long-range 203 mm (8.0 in) M115 howitzer artillery pieces and numerous 155 mm howitzers were transferred from the U.S. Marine Corps to the Army of the Nationalist China . These were sent west to Kinmen Island to gain superiority in the artillery duel back and forth over the straits there. Soon, the Soviet Union dispatched its foreign minister , Andrei Gromyko , to Beijing to discuss

340-402: A separate constitutional court was established to resolve constitutional disputes, regulate the activities of political parties and accelerate the democratization process. There is no trial by jury but the right to a fair and public trial is protected by law and respected in practice; many cases are presided over by multiple judges. Capital punishment is legal. Efforts have been made by

408-820: Is based on the old Imperial examination system used in Imperial China. Based on the traditional Chinese censorate , the Control Yuan is an investigatory agency that monitors the other branches of government. It may be compared to the Court of Auditors of the European Union, the Government Accountability Office of the United States, a political ombudsman , or a standing commission for administrative inquiry. Before

476-813: Is the ROC's highest judiciary . The President and Vice-President of the Judicial Yuan and fifteen Justices form the Council of Grand Justices . They are nominated and appointed by the President of the Republic, with the consent of the Legislative Yuan. The highest court, the Supreme Court , consists of a number of civil and criminal divisions, each of which is formed by a presiding Judge and four Associate Judges, all appointed for life. In 1993,

544-707: The 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis , was a conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Islands along the east coast of mainland China in an attempt to take them from the Chinese Nationalist Party , also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), and to probe the extent of American commitment to defend

612-555: The Matsu archipelago . The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) began firing artillery at both Kinmen and some of the nearby Matsu islands. On 24 and 25 August 1958 Chinese Communist and Chinese Nationalist forces clashed in the vicinity of Dongding Island , which the Nationalist troops controlled. The action was seen as an attempt by the communists to land on the island. This was the only naval and amphibious landing action during

680-643: The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). The Tutelage Constitution of 1931 was replaced by the Constitution of the Republic of China in 1947. The first Chinese national government was established on 1 January 1912, in Nanjing, with Sun Yat-sen as the provisional president. Provincial delegates were sent to confirm the authority of the national government, and they later also formed the first parliament. The power of this national government

748-645: The United States . Stretched and exhausted due to the long war with the Japanese, the Kuomintang-led government faced a disciplined and ever growing communist Red Army, which numbers grew in strength and was renamed as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1946. Although government forces were numerically superior and were equipped with modern weapons, they eventually lost due to low morale, defections, poor discipline as well as popular discontent with

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816-660: The status quo result was a victory, the American government could not permit such a situation to arise again. Other than the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis from 1995 to 1996 there has been no crisis involving the United States since 1958 in the Taiwan Strait. [REDACTED] Communist Party / [REDACTED] Soviet Republic ( [REDACTED] Red Army ) → Liberated Area ( [REDACTED] 8th Route Army , New Fourth Army , etc. → [REDACTED] People's Liberation Army ) → [REDACTED]   People's Republic of China Government of

884-637: The 1990s, it was the upper chamber of the tricameral parliament. The Government of the Republic of China was formally established in 1912 in Nanjing , with Sun Yat-sen as President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China under the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China . This government moved to Beijing in the same year with Yuan Shikai as president, and continued under his successors as

952-665: The 2005 amendments of the Additional Articles of the Constitution, the Legislative Yuan has been the de facto unicameral parliamentary body of the country. Originally established in 1912 in Nanjing , the Government of the Republic of China relocated several times before finally moving to Taipei , Taiwan , in 1949 because of its military losses in the Chinese Civil War . Up until the 1990s,

1020-545: The Council of Grand Justices mandated the retirement, effective December 1991, of all remaining "indefinitely" elected members of the National Assembly, Legislative Yuan, and other bodies. In 2005, the National Assembly permanently abolished itself by ratifying a constitution amendment passed by the Legislative Yuan. Amending the ROC constitution now requires the approval of three-fourths of the quorum of members of

1088-495: The Gangwei Railway ( 港尾铁路 ), and will support trains running at speeds up to 120 km/h. Its opening is planned for 2013. Islands in Gangwei include: The town administers 1 residential community and 15 villages : 24°19′13″N 118°00′26″E  /  24.3204°N 118.0073°E  / 24.3204; 118.0073 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis , also known as

1156-732: The Nationalist Chinese pilots a decisive edge over the Chinese Communists' Soviet -made MiG-15 and MiG-17 fighters in the skies over the Matsu Islands and the Taiwan Strait. The Nationalist Chinese pilots used the Sidewinder missiles to score numerous kills on People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) MiG aircraft. The operation suffered blowback when one missile lodged in a MiG-17 without exploding, to be removed after landing and reverse-engineered into

1224-595: The Nationalists made five attempts to land an LST with troop replacements and several ships. These efforts were turned back by Chinese Communist PT boats and artillery fire. In the days after shelling began, the American Joint Chiefs of Staff had determined to defend the islands even if the defense necessitated a nuclear response. Throughout the following weeks as the crisis continued to unfold, contingency plans were developed as it became clear that

1292-569: The PRC and ROC troops settled into their eccentric alternating odd and even days firing period that lasted until 1979 when the United States and the PRC established diplomatic relations. Because both armies knew exactly what day, what time, and which areas would be attacked by artillery shells (military bases and artillery positions) the PRC and ROC troops were safe from harm due to hiding in bunkers thanks to this gentleman's agreement . U.S. Marine Corps Marine Air Group 11 stationed at NAS Atsugi , Japan,

1360-664: The PRC, the Marines were able to keep the islands supplied. For this action, the ROC Marines were later awarded a presidential banner from Chiang Kai-shek. Also, under a secret effort called "Operation Black Magic", the U.S. Navy modified some of the F-86 Sabre fighters of the Nationalist Chinese Air Force with its newly developed early AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles . These missiles gave

1428-518: The PRC-declared 3 nautical miles exclusive zone from the coast of China that they claimed was a stipulation for their unilateral ceasefire agreement. Another more likely reason for the resumption of the PRC artillery bombardment was U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had arrived in Taipei to discuss the situation with the ROC government. The overall crisis finished by December 1958 when both

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1496-627: The ROC government due to skyrocketing inflation, corruption and administrative incompetence. The constitution was also superseded by the Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion , which were a series of temporary constitutional provisions mainly to increase the powers of the president and suspended the two-term limit. The temporary provisions were passed by the National Assembly on 10 May 1948. Under intense pressure to take responsibility for

1564-580: The ROC government, under the current constitutional amendments , is run by a de facto semi-presidential system , consists of the presidency and five branches (Yuan): the Executive Yuan , Legislative Yuan , Judicial Yuan , Examination Yuan , and Control Yuan . The president is the head of state , with the premier as the head of government , currently ruled by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) since 2016. Since

1632-1233: The Republic of China Lai Ching-te ( DPP ) Hsiao Bi-khim ( DPP ) Cho Jung-tai ( DPP ) 11th Legislative Yuan Han Kuo-yu ( KMT ) Shieh Ming-yan acting Vacant Vacant Vacant Control Yuan Chen Chu Lee Hung-chun Local government Central Election Commission Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan People's Party Others New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Newspapers United Daily News Liberty Times China Times Taipei Times Propaganda Censorship Film censorship Lin Chia-lung Cross-Strait relations Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Chinese Taipei Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations Republic of China (1912–1949) Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and

1700-654: The Republic of China was adopted by the National Assembly on 25 December 1946 and went into force a year later. The constitution was seen as the third and final step in Sun Yat-sen's "Three Stages of Revolution" - constitutional government. From then on, the government was known simply as the Government of the Republic of China ( traditional Chinese : 中華民國政府 ; simplified Chinese : 中华民国政府 ; pinyin : Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zhèngfǔ ). Chiang Kai-shek

1768-408: The Republic of China. The conflict also involved air, naval, and amphibious operations. Then U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter reportedly described it as the " first serious nuclear crisis ". The conflict was a continuation of the Chinese Civil War and First Taiwan Strait Crisis . The Republic of China (ROC) had begun to build military installations on the island of Kinmen (Quemoy) and

1836-526: The Soviet K-13 . The US Army's contribution reinforced the strategic air defense capability of the Republic of China. A provisional Nike missile battalion was organized at Fort Bliss, TX, and sent via USMTS USS  General J. C. Breckinridge to Nationalist China. The 2nd Missile Battalion was augmented with detachments of signal, ordnance and engineers, totaling some 704 personnel. In addition, American ambassador Everett Drumwright advocated for

1904-484: The United Nations Chinese unification Taiwan independence movement Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement The Government of the Republic of China , is the national authority whose actual-controlled territory consists of main island of Taiwan (Formosa) , Penghu , Kinmen , Matsu , and other island groups , collectively known as Taiwan Area or Free Area . A unitary state ,

1972-623: The United States so they refrained from firing on any convoys if they observed U.S. Navy ships. The biggest issues in the crisis after September 11 were the air battles and the success or failure of the naval convoys relieving the Kinmen garrison. Landing units with LVTs from the ROC Marine Corps spent the next few months delivering supplies to the Kinmen Islands, starting from 10 September. Despite continued artillery fire from

2040-621: The actions of the PLA and the PLAAF, with advice of caution to the Communist Chinese. On 24 September 1958 the Sidewinder missile was used for the first time in air-to-air combat as 32 Republic of China F-86s clashed with 100 PLAAF MiGs in a series of aerial engagements. 25 MiGs were shot down by Sidewinders, the first "kills" to be scored by air-to-air missiles in combat. In October more dogfights between ROC and PRC fighter jets occurred and

2108-463: The constitution and formerly to elect the president and vice president, could be considered a parliament. However, after constitutional amendments effectively transferring almost all of the National Assembly's powers to the Legislative Yuan in the late 1990s, it has become more common for newspapers in Taiwan to refer to the Legislative Yuan as the nation's "parliament" (國會, guóhuì ). The Judicial Yuan

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2176-479: The construction of a 45-km-long branch line from Zhangzhou railway station eastward, across most of Longhai City, to terminate at the China Merchants Group industrial area ( 招商局漳州开发区 ) on the southwestern shore of Xiamen Harbor , opposite Xiamen Island ( 24°24′31″N 118°01′037″E  /  24.40861°N 118.02694°E  / 24.40861; 118.02694 ). The branch will be known as

2244-582: The country and established the capital in Nanjing. This government gained diplomatic recognition but did not control all the territory of the Qing dynasty . The essentially one-party rule functioned under Sun's Three Principles of the People , which provided for a transitional period of "tutelage", but drew more political parties, including the Chinese Communist Party into a United Front during

2312-477: The crisis, coordination between American policymakers and military commanders was hampered by communication delays of days at a time, but by September American officials had authorized naval escorts to accompany ROC convoys up to 3 miles off Kinmen and begun to supply the ROC with advanced weapons. The Chinese Communists considered the escorts a violation of the territorial waters of the People's Republic of China. On 19 September, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent

2380-505: The crisis. The communist forces were repelled from taking the island. The action has also been seen as an attempt to draw Nationalist forces away from other areas. ... on the 24th two night naval engagements took place near Quemoy. The clashes resulted from a Chinese Communist attempt at landing on the small island of Tung-Ting in the Quemoy complex. The first attack involved four Chinese Communist gunboats and six small landing craft while

2448-485: The critical issue was supplying Kinmen. In a meeting on 2 September, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other top officials to formulate an ongoing American strategy. The group determined that the use of nuclear weapons would ultimately be necessary for the defense of Kinmen, but that the United States should initially limit itself to using conventional forces . Throughout

2516-607: The duties of choosing the president, to amend the constitution, and to exercise the sovereignty of the citizens, but in fact, the Assembly's role in Taipei seemed to reconfirm the executive powers of President Chiang Kai-shek. The National Assembly was re-established on Taiwan when the government moved. Because it was impossible to hold subsequent elections to represent constituencies in mainland China, representatives elected in 1947-48 held these seats "indefinitely." In June 1990, however,

2584-511: The first time such a method was used to move fighter aircraft over a long distance. By 11 September, the artillery crisis was overall stabilized (even though numerous rounds of artillery would still be fired by Communist China almost daily for the next two months or so) because U.S. Navy warships started to escort ROC convoys to Kinmen, breaking the previous artillery blockade due to constant PRC artillery shells that prevented any air or naval relief for Kinmen. The PRC did not want to risk war with

2652-573: The five administrative branches ( Yuan ): the Control , Examination , Executive , Judicial , and Legislative Yuans . The president appoints the members of the Executive Yuan as the cabinet , including a premier , who is officially the president of the Executive Yuan; members are responsible for policy and administration. Originally, the National Assembly of the Republic of China was elected in mainland China in 1947 to officially carry out

2720-568: The government has historically been dominated by the Kuomintang (KMT) under the one-party state Dang Guo authoritarian regime, before evolving into a multi-party democracy after martial law and the climate of White Terror gradually ended. This government was the internationally recognized official government of China until 1971 by the United Nations and until 1979 by the United States . The government formally consists of

2788-548: The government to reduce the number of executions, although they have not been able to completely abolish the punishment. As of 2006, about 80% of Taiwanese want to keep the death penalty. The Examination Yuan is in charge of validating the qualification of civil servants in the Republic of China. As a special branch of government under the Three Principles of the People . The concept of the Examination Yuan

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2856-572: The government's bleak outlook during the course of the civil war, Chiang resigned as president on 21 January 1949. The presidency was passed on to Vice-President Li Zongren, who was however unable to govern effectively due to Chiang pulling the strings behind government as Director-General of the Kuomintang. With the fall of Nanjing to the PLA in April 1949, the ROC government moved south to Guangzhou , and then to its wartime capital of Chongqing, and finally to Chengdu . Sensing that he would eventually lose

2924-602: The internationally recognized government of China until 1928. In the Republican period , there were a series of governments, sometimes in rivalry with each other. The Nationalist government , led by the Kuomintang (KMT) , was originally formed as a rival military government under Sun Yat-sen in Guangzhou in 1917. After Sun's death in 1925, Chiang Kai-shek led the Northern Expedition (1926–1928) to unify

2992-501: The islanders. No one died or was injured. In February–March 1959, Huojian Commune ('rocket commune'; 火箭公社 ) and Hongqi Commune ('red flag commune'; 红旗公社 ) were combined to create Gangwei Commune ( 港尾公社 ). In late 1984, Gangwei Commune became Gangwei Township ( 港尾乡 ). On January 1, 1988, ten villages of Gangwei Township were transferred to Longjiao She Ethnic Township ( 隆教畲族乡 ). On December 29, 1988, Gangwei Township became Gangwei Town ( 港尾镇 ). Railway development plans include

3060-459: The lack of a strong veto and no direct control of most administrative policy. The leadership of the country consists of the two top officials that is directly and jointly elected by citizens of the Republic of China residing in the Taiwan Area . Under the president, two advisory and administrative agencies are established to support the work of the president. The Executive Yuan is led by

3128-497: The mainland for Taiwan. Chiang then declared Taipei as the provisional capital of the Republic of China on 7 December 1949, and left Chengdu for Taipei by air three days later when the city fell to the communists. Based on the Constitution of the Republic of China , the head of state is the president , who is elected by popular vote for a four-year term on the same ticket as the vice-president. The president has authority over

3196-423: The mainland to the communists, Chiang secretly started preparations to move the government to the island of Taiwan, which was placed under the ROC's control on 25 October 1945. Taiwan was seen as a safe haven for Chiang due to it being separated from the mainland by the 180 km or 110 mi-wide Taiwan Strait . During that period, more than two million civilians, military personnel and government officials left

3264-638: The normally scheduled non-lethal propaganda artillery shelling. One of these occasions happened in June 1960, when President Eisenhower visited Taipei. During Eisenhower's visit PRC forces fired over 100,000 artillery rounds onto Kinmen within a few days, killing 7 ROC soldiers and wounding 59, while 6 civilians perished and 15 were injured. ROC soldiers withheld their fire until after Eisenhower left Taipei. After his visit they retaliated by firing thousands of artillery rounds of their own onto mainland China from Kinmen. The PRC bombardment damaged 200 homes, five schools and

3332-534: The ongoing civil war with the communists . With the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the invading Imperial Japanese Army managed to capture Nanjing on 13 December 1937. The Japanese then proceeded to sack the city, and massacred hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians. With the fall of Nanjing, the government was forced to move first to Wuhan , until the city fell on 27 October 1938. It retreated further inland to Chongqing , which

3400-452: The parliament who gave up their membership in the KMT were offered 1,000 British pounds . Yuan maintained power locally by sending military generals to be provincial governors or by obtaining the allegiance of those already in power. When Yuan died, the parliament of 1913 was reconvened to give legitimacy to a new government. However, the real power of the time passed to military leaders, forming

3468-440: The premier. However, the ROC's political system does not fit traditional models. The premier is selected by the president without the need for approval from the Legislature, but the Legislature can pass laws without regard for the president, as neither the president nor the premier wields veto power. Thus, there is little incentive for the president and the legislature to negotiate on legislation if they are of opposing parties. During

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3536-435: The presidency and five branches of government, modeled on Sun Yat-sen's political philosophy of Three Principles of the People . In practice, the system resembles a semi-presidential system with a uniquely strong presidency, as the president may appoint the premier , the head of government , without the consent of the legislature. The president, however, shares limitations found in other semi-presidential systems, including

3604-409: The proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, and six seats are reserved to represent aboriginal groups. Members serve four-year terms. Although sometimes referred to as a " parliament ", the Legislative Yuan, under Sun's political theory, is a branch of government, while only the National Assembly of the Republic of China , which is now abolished, with the power to amend

3672-469: The reinforcement of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet in the area, and he ordered American naval vessels to help the Nationalist Chinese government to protect the supply lines to the islands. In addition, the U.S. Air Force deployed F-100D Super Sabres , F-101C Voodoos , F-104A Starfighters , and B-57B Canberras to Taiwan to demonstrate support for Taiwan. The F-104s were disassembled and airlifted to Taiwan in C-124 Globemaster II transport aircraft, marking

3740-399: The second involved five Chinese Communist gunboats and thirty motorized junks. According to the GRC Ministry of National Defense , several enemy ships were sunk and the attack was driven off by seven Chinese Nationalist Patrol craft. The GRC lost one LSM (landing craft, mechanized) and had one LST (landing ship, tank) damaged. Prior to September 3, when they were advised of U.S. escort plans,

3808-421: The sixty-first anniversary of the beginning of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, President Tsai Ing-wen visited the Taiwushan martyrs' shrine ( 太武山忠烈祠 ) where she placed flowers and offered incense. During the crisis, American leadership risked the alienation of the American public, relations with key allies such as France and Japan, and even nuclear war. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles argued that while

3876-401: The successful Northern Expedition led by the Kuomintang (KMT) and its leader Chiang Kai-shek , the KMT managed to unify China nominally and established the National Government of the Republic of China (also known as the Nationalist Government ; traditional Chinese : 國民政府 ; simplified Chinese : 国民政府 ; pinyin : Guómín Zhèngfǔ ) with its capital in Nanjing, whose authority

3944-399: The tenure of the pan-Green's Chen Shui-bian the continued control of the Legislative Yuan by the pan-Blue majority caused legislation to repeatedly stall, as the two sides were deadlocked. There is another curiosity of the ROC system; because the ROC was previously dominated by strongman one-party politics, real power in the system shifted from one position to another, depending on what position

4012-419: The total airplane casualties during the crisis was 31 PRC MiGs shot down and 2 ROC F-86s shot down. Soon, the People's Republic of China was faced with a stalemate, as the PLA's artillerymen had run out of artillery shells. The Communist Chinese government announced a unilateral ceasefire on 6 October 1958. However, on 20 October the PLA resumed artillery fire on Kinmen because a U.S. Navy warship had breached

4080-432: The warlord period. The impotent government still had its uses; when World War I began, several Western powers and Japan wanted China to declare war on Germany , in order to liquidate German holdings. Nevertheless, it was widely seen as weak and unstable. There were also several warlord governments and puppet states sharing the same name. See also: Wang Jingwei Government , Warlord era , Chinese Soviet Republic . After

4148-442: The week. This strange informal arrangement continued until the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Communist People's Republic of China in 1979. The timed shelling created little damage and casualties; it was mainly aimed at military compounds and artillery pieces. Sometimes during tense diplomatic moments PRC forces would revert to August/September 1958 levels of bombardment, temporarily breaking

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4216-404: Was a provisional government led by the KMT to educate people about their political and civil rights, and the third stage was constitutional government. The KMT considered themselves to be at the second stage in 1928. Although the Nanjing decade was far more stable and progressive as compared to the Warlord period which preceded it, it was still marred with widespread violence, official corruption and

4284-445: Was also elected as the 1st President of the Republic of China under the constitution by the National Assembly in 1948 , with Li Zongren being elected as vice-president. Chiang and Li inaugurated at the Presidential Palace in Nanjing on 20 May 1948, formally marking the transition from political tutelage to constitutional government. However, in 1946, the civil war with the communists led by Mao Zedong resumed despite mediation by

4352-427: Was currently occupied by the leader of the state (Chiang Kai-shek and later his son, Chiang Ching-kuo ). This legacy has resulted in executive powers currently being concentrated in the office of the president rather than the premier. The main legislative body is the unicameral Legislative Yuan with one hundred and thirteen seats. Seventy-three are elected in single member districts; thirty-four are elected based on

4420-428: Was limited and short-lived, with generals controlling both central and northern provinces of China . The limited acts passed by this government included the formal abdication of the Qing dynasty and some economic initiatives. The parliament's authority became nominal; violations of the Constitution by Yuan Shikai , who became president in March 1912, were met with half-hearted motions of censure, and Kuomintang members of

4488-417: Was maintained till the full-scale outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Known as the Nanjing Decade , the government ruled as a one-party state , as laid out by Sun Yat-sen's "Three Stages of Revolution" and his policy of Dang Guo ( literally: party-state ). The first stage was military unification, which was carried out with the Northern Expedition. The second was "political tutelage" which

4556-773: Was sent to Taiwan in March 1960 and landed at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and moved via trucks to Pingtung Air Base about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Kaohsiung. They remained there, conducting air operations from the WWII Japanese air strip until sometime in late April 1960 when they returned to Atsugi, Japan. They were joined at Pingtung by a reinforced rifle company from the Ninth Marines based on Okinawa . "On 25 October [the Chinese Communists] ... declared that they would not fire on even-numbered days ... if there were no American escort." This allowed Taiwan to resupply their military units on those islands on those days. Afterwards, both sides continued to bombard each other with shells containing propaganda leaflets on alternate days of

4624-425: Was the wartime capital until 1945. Although Chongqing was located in the inland western province of Sichuan , it was nevertheless heavily bombed by Japanese warplanes many times during the course of the war. With the end of the war, the National Government moved back to Nanjing. The Kuomintang then proceeded with the drafting of a new constitution for China, which were boycotted by the communists. The Constitution of

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