In response, the Pan-Blue Coalition within Taiwan sought to portray President Chen Shui-bian and his Democratic Progressive Party as radicals intent on implementing revolutionary desinicization that would disenfranchise various ethnic groups within Taiwan who have an affinity for China and the Chinese culture.

In contrast to the Pan-Blue Coalition, the Pan-Green Coalition favors Taiwan independence over Chinese reunification, although members in both coalitions have moderated their policies to reach voters in the center.

The Pan-Blue Coalition originally was associated with Chinese reunification, but has moved towards a more conservative position supporting the present status quo, while rejecting immediate reunification with mainland China.

* In Taiwan, the leading groups of parties are the more Chinese nationalist Pan-Blue Coalition and the more Taiwanese independence Pan-Green Coalition.

The Communist Party of China, too, has shown no recent interest in promoting communism on Taiwan, and as of 2005, most of its efforts are directed at promoting Chinese nationalism on Taiwan and this has led to increasingly warm relations with the Pan-Blue Coalition.

However, the Pan-Blue Coalition developed between the Kuomintang, the People First Party and the New Party, enabled the Chinese reunificationist and conservative opposition to muster a slim majority over the pro-Taiwan independence Pan-Green Coalition formed between the Democratic Progressive Party and the Taiwan Solidarity Union.

This theory is welcomed by the mainstream of the Pan-Green coalition ( led by the Democratic Progressive Party ) in Taiwan, which supports eventual de jure Taiwan independence ; but is not welcomed by most members of the Pan-Blue coalition ( Kuomintang ), which supports eventual reunifying Taiwan with mainland China as part of a single Chinese nation.

Among TRP prominent members are Emma Bonino, former Italian Member of the European Parliament and former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Marco Pannella, former Italian Member of the European Parliament, Wei Jingsheng, President of the Chinese Overseas Coalition for Democracy, Enver Can, President of the Eastern Turkistan National Congress, Oumar Khambiev, Chechen Health Minister-elect ( 1997 ), Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights, Quan Nguyen, President of the International Committee for the Nonviolent in Vietnam, Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, Vanida Tephsouvan, Executive Director of the Lao Movement of Human Rights, Arben Xaferi, Chairman of the Albanian Democratic Party of Macedonia, Pandeli Majko, Minister of Defense of Albania, Prof. Arnold S. Trebach, President International Antiprohibitionist League, and David Borden, Executive Director of DRCNet.

This coalition tends to favor a Chinese nationalist identity over a separate Taiwanese one and favors a softer policy and greater economic linkage with mainland China, as opposed to the Pan-Green Coalition.

There are approximately 113 student run clubs, including: Sports Shooting, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers ( SASE ), Merced Pre-Law Society, Business Society, National Society of Black Engineers ( NSBE ), American Women Making A Difference, Black Student Union ( BSU ), Society of Women Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Math Society, Amnesty International, American Medical Student Association, Chinese Student Association, Circle K International, Hermanas Unidas de UCM, Korean American Coalition, Hmong Student Association ( HSA ), Nikkei Student Union ( NSU ), Dance Coalition, Distinguished Ladies, Student Transfer Outreach and Mentor Program, Democrats at UC Merced, Bobcat Band, HHM ( Hip Hop Movement ), Society of Freethinkers, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Martial Arts Club, Muslim Student Association, NORML, Persian Student Association of UC Merced ( PSAUCM ), Pilipino American Alliance ( PAA ), Republicans at UC Merced, South Asian Student Association, Taekwondo ( TKD ), The Other Child, Rotaract, rock climbing, and bakery clubs.

Yellow = China | Chinese Bloc, Beige = Allies of China, Purple = European Union, Blue = United States of America | American Bloc, Light blue = Allies of the USA, Cyan = Pacific Rim Alliance, Pink = India n Bloc, Brown = Caribbean Union, Black = South Africa n Coalition, Dark Grey = Allies of the SAC, Orange = Infosocialism | Transpacific Socialist Alliance, Red = Russia n Bloc, Green = Islam ic Caliphate, Light Grey = Unaffiliated.

They included the personal testimony of elders and representatives from a number of groups, among them the Halifax Redress Committee ; the British Columbia Coalition of Head Tax Payers, Spouses and Descendants ; ACCESS ; the Ontario Coalition of Head Tax Payers and Families ; the CCNC ; the Edmonton Redress Committee of the Chinese Canadian Historical Association of Alberta ; and the National Redress Alliance.

The battle was fought between Dong Zhuo and a coalition of regional warlords and officials ( known as the Guandong Coalition ) as part of the Campaign against Dong Zhuo in 190 during the prelude to the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.

The battle was fought between Dong Zhuo and a coalition of regional warlords and officials ( known as the Guandong Coalition ) as part of the Campaign against Dong Zhuo in 190 during the prelude to the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.

The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong has accused Chinese hospitals of using the organs of executed prisoners for commercial transplantation.

Mankind has colonized the solar system and two political entities have emerged: the Alliance consisting of American, Australian, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, British and German forces, and The Coalition of Russian, Chinese and Middle-Eastern interests.

In Chinese, the asterism consisting of α, β, and γ Aquilae is known as (, ).

* In Chinese, (), meaning Northern Dipper, refers to an asterism consisting of ε Ursae Majoris, α Ursae Majoris, β Ursae Majoris, γ Ursae Majoris, δ Ursae Majoris, ζ Ursae Majoris and η Ursae Majoris.

Charles Forbes viewed the family as uniting the Gangetic and Lohitic branches of Max Müller's Turanian, a huge family consisting of all the Eurasian languages except the Semitic, Aryan ( Indo-European ) and Chinese languages.

In Chinese, the " Square Celestial Granary " () refers to an asterism consisting of τ Ceti, ι Ceti, η Ceti, ζ Ceti, θ Ceti and 57 Ceti.

The urban-based modern sector, comprising altogether between 2 and 2. 5 percent of the population, consisting mostly of Europeans but including a few thousand Europeanized Africans, Indians, and Chinese, was dominant in the economic, political, and social realms.

The book distinguishes three Great Phyles: the Han ( consisting of Han Chinese ), the Neo-Victorian New Atlantis ( consisting largely of Anglo-Saxons, but also accepting Indians, Africans and other members of the Anglosphere who identify with the culture ) and Nippon ( consisting of Japanese ).

Zaifeng, forced to resign his regency, made way for Yuan to compose a newly created, predominantly Han Chinese Cabinet of confidants, consisting of only one Manchu, who held the position of Minister of Suzerainty.

Chop suey () is a Chinese dish consisting of meat ( often chicken, fish, beef, prawns, or pork ) and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and celery and bound in a starch-thickened sauce.

* A Book from the Sky, a similar book by Chinese artist Xu Bing, consisting of new, meaningless Chinese characters, printed from hand-carved blocks

However, due to China's continued rapid economic growth ( in 2010 it became the world's second largest economy ), combined with the respectable international position they hold within political spheres and the power that the Chinese Government exerts over their people ( consisting of the largest population in the world ), there is debate over whether China is now a superpower or a possible candidate in the future.

In Chinese, (), meaning Bond ( asterism ), refers to an asterism consisting of α Arietis, β Arietis and γ Arietis.

Even more basic is the Chinese " hard " sleeping car in use today, consisting of fixed bunk beds, which cannot be converted into seats, in a public space.

The south-pointing chariot was an ancient Chinese device consisting of a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle which carried a pointer that was intended always to aim to the south, no matter how the chariot turned.

In Chinese, (), meaning Bow and Arrow, refers to an asterism consisting of η Canis Majoris, δ Canis Majoris, HD 63032, HD 65456, ο Puppis, k Puppis, ε Canis Majoris, κ Canis Majoris and π Puppis.

In Chinese, (), meaning Five Chariots, refers to an asterism consisting of β Tauri, ι Aurigae, Capella, β Aurigae and θ Aurigae.

In Chinese, (), meaning Cross, refers to an asterism consisting of α Crucis, γ Crucis, β Crucis and δ Crucis.

From the Kingdom of Khotan, on the southern leg of the Silk Road, yearly tribute payments consisting of the most precious white jade were made to the Chinese Imperial court and there worked into objets d ' art by skilled artisans as jade had a status-value exceeding that of gold or silver.

The Chinese sheng ( Chinese: 笙 ; Pinyin shēng ) is a mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.

* In Chinese, (), meaning Crooked Running Water, refers to an asterism consisting of Achernar, ζ Phoenicis and η Phoenicis.

In Chinese, (), meaning Cross, refers to an asterism consisting of β Crucis, γ Crucis, α Crucis and δ Crucis.

Zongzi ( Traditional Chinese 糭子 / 糉子, Simplified Chinese 粽子 ) is a Chinese dumpling consisting of glutinous rice and sweet or savory fillings wrapped in leaves, which is then boiled or steamed, commonly eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.

* 1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China.

* 1912 – The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.

The USSR had signed a Treaty of Friendship with the Kuomintang in 1945 and disavowed support for the Chinese Communists.

Major combat in the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949 with Kuomintang ( KMT ) pulling out of the mainland, with the government relocating to Taipei and maintaining control only over a few islands.

The Chinese used the VNQDD, the Vietnamese branch of the Chinese Kuomintang, to increase their influence in Indochina and to put pressure on their opponents.

Most of those prosecuted were labeled by the Kuomintang as " bandit spies " ( 匪諜 ), meaning spies for Chinese Communists, and punished as such.

The Kuomintang used traditional Chinese religious ceremonies, and promoted Martyrdom in Chinese culture.

Chiang Kai-shek considered both the Han Chinese and all the minority peoples of China, the Five Races Under One Union, as descendants of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor and semi mythical founder of the Chinese nation, and belonging to the Chinese Nation Zhonghua Minzu and he introduced this into Kuomintang ideology, which was propagated into the educational system of the Republic of China.

These Marxists in the Kuomintang opposed the Chinese communist party ideology.

Mao Zedong's Communist Party of China, though receptive to minimal Soviet support, defeated the pro-Western and heavily American-assisted Chinese Nationalist Party ( Kuomintang, KMT ) in the Chinese Civil War.

He backed the Uyghur Communist Muslim leader Ehmetjan Qasim against the anti Communist Chinese Kuomintang forces.

In 1951, in Taiwan, the Chinese Muslim Kuomintang General Bai Chongxi made a speech broadcast on radio to the entire Muslim world calling for a war against Russia, claiming that the " imperialist ogre " leader Stalin was engineering World War III, and Bai also called upon Muslims to avoid the Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru, accusing him of being blind to Soviet imperialism.

Chiang Kai-shek, the head of the Kuomintang, warned the Soviet Union and other foreign countries about interfering in Chinese affairs.

The Kuomintang pursued a sinicization policy, it was stated that " the time had come to set about the business of making all natives either turn Chinese or get out " by foreign observers of Kuomintang policy.

These marxists in the Kuomintang opposed the Chinese communist party ideology.

The Kuomintang used traditional Chinese religious ceremonies, the souls of Party martyrs who died fighting for the Kuomintang and the revolution and the party founder Dr. Sun Yatsen were sent to heaven according to the Kuomintang party.

Initially the party of the Malaysian Chinese Association was pro-ROC and mainly consisted of Kuomintang members who joined as an alternative and were also in opposition to the Malayan Communist Party, supporting the Kuomintang in China by funding them with the intention of reclaiming the Chinese mainland from the communists.