Tsotanhui Clique
Tsotanhui Clique 座談會 | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Chen Cheng |
| Members | Kang Tse Huang Shao-ku Liu Chien-chun Yuan Shouqian Chen Hsueh-ping Ni Wenya Chao Tzu-chi Wang Chang-hui |
| Preceded by | Chen Cheng loyalists among Blue Shirts Society, Three Principles of the People Youth League and Republic of China Military Academy |
| Ideology | Chiangism Chen Cheng Thought Conservatism (Chinese) Chinese nationalism Party-state capitalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Kuomintang |
Tsotanhui Clique (Chinese: 座談會派系), also known as the New Politics Club (Chinese: 新政俱樂部), the Chen Cheng Clique (Chinese: 陳誠系), or the Tuanpai (Chinese: 團派), was a faction within the Kuomintang led by Chen Cheng. The clique was primarily composed of military officers and political instructors drawn from the Three Principles of the People Youth League, the Whampoa Military Academy, and the Blue Shirts Society, all of whom were loyal to Chen Cheng.[1][2][3][4][5]
After the Kuomintang's retreat to Taiwan, the Tsotanhui Clique replaced the declining CC Clique as the most powerful faction within the party. However, with the rise of Chiang Ching-kuo, the faction gradually weakened and eventually lost its influence.[6][7]
Following Chen’s death in 1965, the clique continued under new leadership, including Huang Shao-ku, Ni Wenya, Chao Tzu-chi.[8]
New leadership of clique established the New Politics Development Foundation (Chinese: 新政建設基金會), with Huang Shao-ku serving as its first chairman and other board directors including Yuan Shouqian, Ni Wen-ya, Chao Tzu-chi, and Chen Li-an.[9]Contemporary reports estimated the foundation’s assets at approximately NT$55 million.[10]
During the intra-party struggles that followed Chiang Ching-kuo’s death, the clique lent its support to Lee Teng-hui in his confrontation with the KMT’s “non-mainstream faction”[11] and backed the political career of Chen Li-an, the son of Chen Cheng.[12]
See also
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