Blue Shirts Society
Society of Practice of the Three Principles of the People 三民主義力行社 Sānmínzhǔyì lìxíng shè | |
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| Succeeded by | Tsotanhui Clique |
| Ideology | Chinese ultranationalism Three Principles of the People Anti-communism Anti-imperialism Para-fascism (before 1939) Anti-fascism (after 1939) Pro-Chiang Kai-shek |
| Colours | Blue |
| Part of | Kuomintang |
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| Traditional Chinese | 藍衣社 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蓝衣社 | ||||||||||
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The Blue Shirts Society (BSS; Chinese: 藍衣社), also known as the Society of Practice of the Three Principles of the People (Chinese: 三民主義力行社, commonly abbreviated as SPTPP), the Spirit Encouragement Society (勵志社, SES) and the China Reconstruction Society (中華復興社, CRS), was a secret ultranationalist faction in the Kuomintang inspired by German and Italian fascists.
The rise and fall of the Blue Shirt Society was rapid, but obscure, and it was seldom mentioned again by either the KMT or the Chinese Communist Party after the establishment of the People's Republic of China and the following KMT retreat to Taiwan.