alternatehistory.com

Ok Another update today (I'm on a creativity roll!)

Nivek - don't worry, the Second Great War isn't quite starting yet and won't be for a few more years...

erich von changstein - and more you will have!

scourge - perhaps! spoiler:

the second great war will have a Japanese, Britain and France + minor nations vs China, Germany, Italy + minor nations with Soviet and USA staying 'neutral' Or is it!!!???
End spoiler

Anyway without further ado:
______________________________________________________________

The First Kuomintang Government:

Although Chiang was shocked at the large number of votes that the "Left" received during the 1935 election - he appeared to accept the result and appointed Wang Jingwei - his ideological rival as Prime Minister. Less controversially, T.V Soong was appointed as Premier. The following is the composition of the Government of China at the beginning of 1936.

(Not all Ministers, Secretaries and Commissars are included - only the most important ones)

President and Supreme Field Marshall: Chiang Kai-Shek
Prime Minister: Wang Jingwei (Foreign Affairs Minister)
Premier: T.V Soong (Finance Minister)
Speaker of the House: Lin Sen

Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs: T.V Soong
Secretary of Economic Development: H.H Kung
Secretary of Transportation and Communication: Deng Xiaoping
Commisar for Regional Development: Soong-Ailing

Minister(Mistress?) of the Interior: Soong-Meiling (Women's Affairs )
Secretary for Ethnic Affairs: Soong-Qingling
Secretary for Labour Relations: Mao Zedong

Ministry of Defence: Chiang Kai-Shek
Secretary for War Production and Arnaments: He Yingquin
Secretary of Aviation: Feng Ru
Secretary of Maritime Affairs: Chan Chak
Secretary of the National Revolutionary Army: Bai Chonxi

Ministry for Statistics and Information: Dai Li

Ministry for Information and Propaganda: Soong-Meiling

...The First Kuomintang Government revealed how much of a 'sham' democracy was in China. Out of the 8 "Great Offices" of the realm - only one was held by an elected person - Wang Jingwei and the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The allocation of portfolio was essentially created by the diktat of Chiang who placed Wang in the Foreign Affairs portfolio in an attempt to marginalize him and neuter him as a political threat....
- Chiang: Portrait of a Dictator

...The Progressive nature of the first Kuomintang Government can be visibly seen in the appointment of women to senior level positions. China had it's first female minister in charge of the powerful Interior Ministry. Although "Madame Chiang" was arguably there only because of her husband - she served competently and was instrumental in the creation of the "people's radio" and a vast network of radio. Indeed by 1940 - over 75% of China had access to Radio - an outstanding figure....
- Madame Chiang: China's Dowager President

...My appointment to the Secretariat of Transportation and Communication greatly surprized me. I was a minor figure in the Kuomintang at the time and was very young for my age. Although I was honoured to serve China in whatever best way I could I soon found out that my appointment was a mere token one and that the real power lay in the hands of Madame Chiang...
- Deng Xiaoping

Whatever the reason for the appointment of the various ministers, secretaries and commisars - one thing was clear: They would all have to work together for the betterment of China - history was theirs for the making.