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Lists portal; Major Chinese warlord coalitions as of 1925. 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.
An intense Chinese nationalist, Wu Peifu refused to enter the foreign concessions in China, a stance that was to cost him his life when he refused to go to the International Settlement or the French Concession in Shanghai for medical treatment. [23] Zhang Zongchang, one of the most infamous Chinese warlords
Waldron argued that Zhang was one of the most talented military leaders among the Chinese warlords, something his critics refused to acknowledge. [32] Zhang loved to boast about the size of his penis, which became part of his legend. [31] [36] He was a "well-known womanizer" [45] and polygamist. [17]
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 Xiong Kewu and Lü ...
After Yuan's death, Yan consolidated his control over Shanxi and ruled there. [2] He waited for almost one year before expelling Yuan's supporters out of Shanxi. [3] Though a close associate of Duan Qirui, leader of the Anhui clique, Yan Xishan did not join the Anhui clique. He kept his province neutral from the various civil wars the nation ...
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.
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 Ma clique or Ma family warlords [1] is a collective name for a group of Hui (Muslim Chinese) warlords in Northwestern China who ruled the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia for 10 years from 1919 until 1928.