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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Xinjiang clique - Wikipedia

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    Commanders. Provincial Governor (1912–1928) Yang Zengxin. Provincial Chairman (1928–1933) Jin Shuren. Military Governor (1933–1944) Sheng Shicai. The Xinjiang clique was a military clique that ruled Xinjiang during China's warlord era. Unlike other cliques, its leaders were from outside the province.

  6. 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.

  7. Fengtian clique - Wikipedia

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    The clique received support from Japan in exchange for protecting Japanese military and economic interests in Manchuria. The Fengtian Army frequently intervened in many of the conflicts of the Warlord Era. Following the Zhili–Anhui War of 1920 and 1921, the Fengtian and Zhili cliques exercised joint control of Beijing and the Beiyang Government.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Zhang Zongchang - Wikipedia

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    "Poem about bastards" by Zhang Zongchang [b] Zhang Zongchang was one of the most infamous and well-known Chinese warlords, and is difficult to differentiate truth from slander and legends in regards to his life. Being of impressive height [c] and physically strong, he was often regarded as a brute and loathed by his victims. According to researchers Matthew R. Portwood and John P. Dunn, his ...