The 'four great needs' of the people as identified by the Guomindang were
- A.clothing, food, housing and transportation
- B.education, food, housing and health care
- C.food, housing, education and employment
- D.employment, housing, education and health care
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, clothing, food, housing and transportation. These were the four great needs of the people that the Guomindang set out to meet, following the ideas of Sun Yat-sen.
Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Guomindang (Kuomintang) and leader of the 1911 revolution that ended the Qing dynasty, gave China his Three Principles: nationalism, democracy and socialism, the last meaning the livelihood of the people. To secure that livelihood, his programme named four great needs: clothing, food, housing and transportation. After his death in 1925, Chiang Kai-shek led the party, fought the Communists and retreated to Taiwan in 1949.
Option B is wrong because education and health care were not on the list, and it leaves out clothing and transportation. Option C is wrong because education and employment replace clothing and transportation. Option D is wrong because it names none of the needs except housing.
Exam tip: Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles: nationalism, democracy, livelihood; four needs: food, clothing, housing, transport.
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