overview
Political comic showing Nationalism
The Nationalist Party
- the main political party of China from 1928 to 1949
- founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1911
- later led by Chiang Kai-Shek
- the main party of Taiwan since 1949.
Shanghai Massacre
Dead children murdered in the massacre
Shanghai Massacre (1927)
- caused by the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party organizations in Shanghai
- the military forces of Chaing Kai-Shek and factions in the Chinese Nationalist Party are responsible for this incident
- after the massacre, conservative Nationalist groups carried out an extensive sweep for Communists in all areas under their control
- more violent suppressions occurred in cities such as Guangzhou
- Chaing Kai-Shek made himself the leader of the Nationalists
new life movement
Women rioting for Women Rights in the New Life Movement
New Life Movement
- was set up by General Chaing Kai-Shek in February 1934
- with the help of the Blue Shirt Society within the Chinese Nationalist Party
- it attempted to counter Communist ideology with a mix of traditionalConfuciamism, Western Christianity, Nationalism and Fascism
- it rejected individuality and Western democratic values and opposed socialism and Communism