Research on the Relationship Between Factions Struggles and the Operation of the Nationalist Government

Author: Zhang Hao
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: After providing a basic introduction to the factions of the Kuomintang, the author also offers several explanations regarding the research in this book: The title of this book is "The Kuomintang Government" because only this term can encompass the institutions of the Kuomintang's "party-state governance" and the two major components—the Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Supervisory, and Examination Yuan. The operational meaning of government institutions refers to how government institutions function, including the working procedures of various levels of organizations within an institution. For example, the overall operational status of the Executive Yuan, the operational status of the various ministries and departments under the Executive Yuan, the working status of the various bureaus and offices under the ministries and departments, and so on. Although research on all levels of organizations is very necessary, due to the limitations of the book's scope, framework, word count, and data, it is impossible to complete such an extensive exploration. Therefore, only a general discussion of the operation of an institution is provided. Although this book focuses on the transportation of the Kuomintang government between 1928 and 1937, it occasionally extends beyond this period when necessary. Some institutions mentioned in this book are abbreviated as much as possible. The main ones include: the National Congress of the Kuomintang, abbreviated as the National Congress; the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, abbreviated as the Central Executive Committee; the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang, abbreviated as the Central Standing Committee; the Central Political Committee of the Kuomintang, abbreviated as the Central Political Committee; the Central Special Committee of the Kuomintang, abbreviated as the Special Committee; the Military Affairs Commission of the National Government, abbreviated as the Nanchang Military Command; the Staff Office of the Military Affairs Commission of the National Government, abbreviated as the Staff Office; and the Ministry of Justice, abbreviated as the Ministry of Justice.