japanese flowering cherry: ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms
flowering cherry: any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms
kuomintang: the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan