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  2. List of warlords and military cliques in the Warlord Era

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    The Warlord Era was a historical period of the Republic of China that began from 1916 and lasted until the mid-1930s, during which the country was divided and ruled by various military cliques following the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916. Communist revolution broke out in the later part of the warlord period, beginning the Chinese Civil War.

  3. Yunnan clique - Wikipedia

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    Commander-in-Chief (1927–1945) Long Yun. Aircraft flown. Bomber. Bréguet 14. Trainer. Caudron G.3. The Yunnan clique (Chinese: 滇系; pinyin: Diān Xì) was one of several mutually hostile cliques that split from the Beiyang Government in the Republic of China 's warlord era. It was named for Yunnan Province.

  4. Warlord Era - Wikipedia

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    The Warlord Era was a period in the history of the Republic of China when control of the country was divided among former military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions from 1916 to 1928. In historiography, the Warlord Era began in 1916 upon the death of Yuan Shikai, the de facto dictator of China after the Xinhai Revolution ...

  5. Spirit Soldier rebellions (1920–1926) - Wikipedia

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    Heavy. The Spirit Soldier rebellions of 1920–1926[a] were a series of major peasant uprisings against state authorities and warlords in the Republic of China 's provinces of Hubei and Sichuan during the Warlord Era. Following years of brutal suppression, civil war, and excessive taxation, the rural population of central China was restive, and ...

  6. Warlord - Wikipedia

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    Warlord. Marshal Zhang Zuolin, one of many warlords in early 20th-century China. Warlords are groups of individuals who exercise military, economic, and political control over a region, often one without a strong central or national government, typically through informal control over local armed forces. Warlords have existed throughout much of ...

  7. Fengtian clique - Wikipedia

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    The Fengtian clique (Chinese: 奉系军阀; pinyin: Fèngxì Jūnfá; Wade–Giles: Feng-hsi Chün-fa) was the faction that supported warlord Zhang Zuolin during China 's Warlord Era. It took its name from Fengtian Province, which served as its original base of support. However, the clique quickly came to control all of the Three Northeastern ...

  8. Sichuan clique - Wikipedia

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    Sichuan clique. The Sichuan clique (simplified Chinese: 川军; traditional Chinese: 川軍; pinyin: Chuān Jūn) was a group of warlords in the warlord era in China. During the period from 1927 to 1938, Sichuan was in the hands of six warlords: Liu Wenhui, Liu Xiang, Yang Sen, Deng Xihou, He Zhaode, and Tian Songyao, with minor forces being ...

  9. Shanxi clique - Wikipedia

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    Bai Lang Rebellion Northern Expedition Central Plains War Battle of Taiyuan. Commanders. Warlord. Yan Xishan. The Shanxi clique, also known as the Jin clique (Jin being the abbreviated name of Shanxi; Chinese : 晉系; pinyin : Jìn Xì), was one of several military factions that split off from the Beiyang Army during China's warlord era.