although physical control Control of the tachen islands changed Change_of_leadership hands during the crisis , american reportage focused Aiming exclusively on kinmen ( quemoy ) and matsu islands , sites of artillery duels between the communists and the kmt nationalists .

the activists protested the passing Motion_directional of the cross-strait service Supply trade agreement Agree_or_refuse_to_act ( unk ) by the ruling party kuomintang ( kmt ) at the legislature without unk review .

the kmt backed down later , saying Communication that a joint Collaboration review committee could be formed Coming_to_be if the democratic progressive party ( dpp ) did not boycott Agree_or_refuse_to_act the proceedings .

the chinese civil war Military_operation was a civil war Military_operation in china fought Hostile_encounter between the kuomintang ( kmt ) unk government of the republic of china ( roc ) and the communist party of china ( cpc ) lasting Process_end intermittently between 1927 and 1949 .

the long march Self_motion ( october 1934 UNK october 1935 ) was a military retreat Escaping undertaken by the red army of the communist party of china , the forerunner of the people 's liberation army , to evade Preventing_or_letting the pursuit of the kuomintang ( kmt or chinese nationalist party ) army .

the northern expedition was a military campaign Military_operation launched by the national revolutionary army ( nra ) of the kuomintang ( kmt ) , also known as the `` chinese nationalist party '' , against the beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926 .