Kuomintang: past paper questions
Real questions on kuomintang
The newest 13 of 12 written questions. Open one to see it on the real paper.
- 9489/21 · May/June 2025 · Q9b[20]
‘The Nanjing Decade (1928–37) was a period of success for the Kuomintang.’ How far do you agree?
See it on the paper → - 9489/22 · May/June 2025 · Q9a[10]
Explain why Chiang Kai-shek became leader of the Kuomintang following the death of Sun Yat-sen.
See it on the paper → - 9489/22 · May/June 2025 · Q9b[20]
To what extent did the Long March represent a defeat for the Chinese Communist Party?
See it on the paper → - 9489/41 · May/June 2025 · Q11[30]
‘The People’s Republic of China’s support for nationalist movements in Africa was mainly motivated by its rivalry with the USSR.’ Discuss this view.
See it on the paper → - 9489/42 · May/June 2025 · Q10[30]
Assess the extent to which discontent with the Kuomintang resulted in the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
See it on the paper → - 9489/21 · October/November 2024 · Q9a[10]
Explain why the First United Front was ended in 1927.
See it on the paper → - 9489/21 · October/November 2024 · Q9b[20]
How far does the war against Japan explain why the Kuomintang was in a weak position by 1945?
See it on the paper → - 9489/23 · October/November 2024 · Q9a[10]
Explain why Chiang Kai-shek’s Extermination Campaigns failed to destroy the Communist Party.
See it on the paper → - 9489/21 · May/June 2024 · Q9a[10]
Explain why Chiang Kai-shek was placed under arrest by his own generals in 1936.
See it on the paper → - 9489/21 · October/November 2023 · Q9b[20]
To what extent had the Kuomintang succeeded in establishing control over China by 1928?
See it on the paper → - 9489/12 · October/November 2022 · Q3b[25]
Read all of the sources. How far do the sources support the view that Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang were corrupt?
See it on the paper → - 9489/12 · February/March 2022 · Q3a[15]
Read Sources A and C. To what extent do Sources A and C agree about the motives of the Communists for working with the Kuomintang?
See it on the paper → - 9489/12 · February/March 2022 · Q3b[25]
Read all of the sources. How far do the sources support the view that the Kuomintang shared the aims of the Communists?
See it on the paper →
What examiners said
To what extent had the Kuomintang succeeded in establishing control over China by 1928? Answers which were successful provided a balanced assessment supported by appropriate factual evidence. These answers were aware of Sun Yat Sen’s ‘Three principles’ on which a unifying campaign was based and that Chiang Kai Shek was able to partially unite the country as a consequence of the Northern Expeditio...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 9489/21 Q9(b) (Cambridge)
How far do the sources support the view that Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang were corrupt? Most responses engaged with the sources thoughtfully to offer support and challenge for the assertion stated in the question. There was plenty of scope to discuss different views of corruption in the period, and the strongest responses began to use their contextual knowledge to do this. Many candidates w...
— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 9489/12 Q3(b) (Cambridge)
Past papers, syllabus and examiner reports © UCLES (Cambridge University Press & Assessment). Questions are matched to topics from the official syllabus. AssessPro is independent and not endorsed by Cambridge.