zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
lineage; pedigree; good family
alma mater clique; old school tie
factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions
clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism
new zaibatsu (formed after the Meiji period)
belonging to no (political) faction
factional dynamics; power relationships among factions; factional power politics
Zhejiang financial clique; Sekko Zaibatsu; clique from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, influential in Shanghai finance from late 1920s through 1930s
faction-based personnel appointment
party faction; party clique
government by relatives of ruler's wife
strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie
balance of power among factions (within a political party); factional balance