Government of Taiwan

Government Of Taiwan

The government of the Republic of China (ROC), was formally established by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1912 in Nanjing, China as the Provisional Government of the Republic of China under the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China, and this government was moved to Beijing in the same year and continued as the internationally recognized government of China until 1928. In the history of the Republic of China, there have been several governments. In order to build the first democracy in China, 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 the completion of the Northern Expedition (1926–1928), this government (now in Nanjing) became the recognized government of China and functioned as a one-party state until the promulgation of the Constitution of the Republic of China in 1947. This new constitutional government was transplanted to Taipei, Taiwan in 1949 due to the Chinese Civil War. It remains in Taiwan and exercises control over other islands including Penghu, Quemoy, Matsu, Itu Aba, and Pratas. Control of the government had historically been dominated by the Kuomintang, but the situation has changed as Taiwan evolved into a multi-party democracy.