... the Qing (Manhu) dynasty was unable to protect them, then the revolutionary tendencies were inevitable for the Chinese to be free from the Western Subjection (western political and economic policies). It is due to this biography that revolutionary parties; Nationalist or Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) emerged at the forefront of the revolution each with different approaches. This essay will only focus on the Guomindang in relation to the revolution in China discussing it's failure in China by analysing the Kuomintang's strategy (goals), internal management of the party, and environmental (external) factors that contributed to the Kuomintang's failure Thomson identifies multiple causes of this failure. In keeping with the tragic mode, time (or the lack thereof) looms large. In Thomson's words, "gradualism required time; and time was the one element denied to the rural Reconstructionists by external aggressor and internal rebel alike" (Thomson 1969, 150). Faced ...

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