Science Fair Project Encyclopedia The Kuomintang (KMT) or
Nationalist Party of China (; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguo
Guomindang) is a conservative political party currently active
in the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. Together with the
People First Party, it forms what is popularly known as the pan-
blue coalition, which is less hostile to the idea of Chinese
reunification than the pan-green coalition, which leans towards
Taiwan independence. Organized shortly after the Xinhai
Revolution, which overthrew the Qing Dynasty in China, the KMT
fought the Beiyang warlords and the Communist Party of China for
control of the country before its retreat to Taiwan in 1949.
There, it controlled the government until 2000. Thus the ROC was
once referred to synonymously with the KMT and known simply as
"Nationalist China" after its ruling party. Support for the KMT
on Taiwan encompasses a number of groups. KMT support tends to
be higher in northern Taiwan, among business interests, among
Mainlanders, Hakka, and aboriginals,