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Name Years of dominance Notes Feng Guozhang. 馮國璋 1916–1919: Served as President 1917–1918. Died in 1919 and was succeeded by Cao Kun Cao Kun. 曹錕 1919–1924: Bribed his way to the presidency and served from 1923 to 1924; arrested and imprisoned during the Beijing Coup by Feng Yuxiang: Wu Peifu. 吳佩孚 1919–1927
One politician remarked that when the warlords went to war with each other, the bandits become soldiers and when the war ended, the soldiers became bandits. [28] Warlord armies commonly raped or took many women into sexual slavery. [29] The system of looting was institutionalized, as many warlords lacked the money to pay their troops.
The Zhili clique (Chinese: 直隸系軍閥; pinyin: Zhílì xì jūnfá) was a military faction that split from the Republic of China's Beiyang Army during the country's Warlord Era. It was named for Zhili Province (modern-day Hebei), which was the clique's base of power. At its height, it also controlled Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Hubei.
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.
During the National Protection War, he purged officers who sympathized with the Yunnan clique's leader Cai E. After Yuan's death, he recognized whichever government ruled in Beijing and maintained an isolationist and neutrality policy which kept Xinjiang away from the upheavals experienced in the rest of China.
During the National Protection War (1915–1916) Duan Qirui gave his support to the Kuomintang revolutionaries against Yuan Shikai.In 1916, after the death of Yuan Shikai and ending of the Constitutional Protection War, Premier Duan Qirui would become Premier of the Republic, with Li Yuanhong serving as the President of the Republic, Li Yuanhong acted as a puppet of Duan Qirui due to him being ...
Wu on the cover of Time, 8 September 1924; he was the first Chinese person to feature on the cover. Wu Peifu [1] (also spelled Wu P'ei-fu [2]) (Chinese: 吳佩孚; April 22, 1874 – December 4, 1939) was a Chinese warlord and major figure in the Warlord Era in China from 1916 to 1927.
The Warlord Era in mainland Republic of China (1912–49), primarily from 1916 to 1928. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.