China Democratic League
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China Democratic League
中国民主同盟 |
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| Chairperson | Zhang Baowen |
| Founded | 19 March 1941 |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Membership | 230,000 |
| Ideology |
Socialism with Chinese characteristics Social democracy |
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國民主同盟 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国民主同盟 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Tóngméng |
The China Democratic League (Chinese: 中国民主同盟, often abbreviated to 民盟) is one of the eight legally recognised political parties in the People's Republic of China.
The party was established in 1941 and took its present name in 1944. At its formation, it was a coalition of three pro-democracy parties and three pressure groups. Its two main goals were to support China's war effort during the Second Sino-Japanese War and to provide a "Third Way" from the Nationalists and the Communists. Influential members or supporters included Liang Shuming, Fei Xiaotong, Li Huang of the Young China Party, Zhang Junmai (Carson Chang), Huang Yanpei, Wu Han, Chu Anping, and Wen Yiduo.
After the war, many Americans in China were sympathetic. Theodore White wrote that if "the men of the middle group were well organized, they could guarantee peace. But they are not. They lack an army, a political machine, roots in any social class. Only the spread of education and industry can create enough men of the modern world to give them a broad social base.” But disillusionment with the Nationalist government, which outlawed the party in 1947, and infiltration by the Communists caused the League to tilt towards the CCP during the Chinese Civil War. Thereafter, two of its constituent parties, the China National Socialist Party and the Chinese Youth Party, left the League to join the Nationalists in Taiwan. The "Third Party" eventually became the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party in 1947. It left the League, but remained pro-Communist.
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