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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Super-Tuchun Chang, of Manchuria. He seeks to recapture Peking, which was under his influence in 1922. He then proposes to unify China...
Super-Tuchun Wu, of Chihli and many another province, "strongest man in China," military backbone of the Peking Government. He drove Chang out of Peking in 1922 and now hopes to defeat him, Lu and Dr. Sun, and thus bring all China under the rule of the Central Government at Peking...
President Tsao Kun, brother-in-law to Chang, but opposed to him in the present dispute. He assists Wu quietly but effectively behind the scenes...
...formerly considered the most powerful man in China, but the obligations of office have forced him to place much of his power in the hands of his friend Wu. The full story of Tsao's meteoric rise is long; but it is significant to remember that he, Wu and Chang once combined to oust from Peking the Anfu clique (political party charged with accepting bribes from Japan). In 1922, however, Wu waged war on Chang, drove him from Peking into Manchuria. Tsao Kun aided Wu with soldiers but took no part himself in the war, as Chang was his brother...
...Kwangtung, self-styled President of South China, known as the "perpetual rebel." He is the intractable foe of Tsao Kun and has joined forces with Chang and Lu in order to crush the power of the central leaders and through victory to "reunify China...