The Taiwan Revolutionary Party (TRP) was a

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party in Taiwan. The TRP sought to organize partisans to end the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

(KMT) rule, stating that it "promotes the independence and foundation of the Taiwanese people" (推動台灣人民獨立建國), and that "the Taiwanese revolution is a national liberation movement" (臺灣革命是一場民族解放運動). The TRP advocated for labor and other social movements and supported the liberation of Taiwanese nation. The TRR also referred to the PRC as "

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" (列強) rather than an anti-imperialist state. So they were against the

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, although there was a Marxist–Leninist element. In May 1986, Hsu Hsin-liang defected from the Taiwan Revolutionary Party, saying, "If the KMT sincerely promotes democratization, it has no intention of overthrowing the KMT regime in a revolutionary way". The TRP disbanded on March 23, 1987.洪哲勝，1987，〈台灣革命黨解散說明〉。(洪哲勝於1987年3月23日在記者招待會中所作有關台灣革命黨解散的說明，未出版)

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