Major Game: The Complete Story of the Guanxi Warlord Faction

Author: Zhou Yaping
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: The Guizhou Warlord Faction was the most prominent regional power during the Nanjing government period of the Kuomintang. Not only was Guangxi always its domain, but its influence and power extended across most of China. One of its leaders, Li Zongren, even reached the position of Vice President and Acting President of the Nanjing government. As a result, it had a complex and intertwined history of feuds with the central authority led by Chiang Kai-shek. The Guizhou Warlord Faction ultimately became a casualty of the Chiang dynasty. Its representative figures, such as Huang Shaohong, eventually recognized the tide of history and joined the revolutionary camp; Li Zongren, after spending 15 years overseas, finally returned to the New China; while Bai Chongxi followed Chiang to Taiwan and suffered neglect. On December 12, 1966, He Yin died suddenly on the bedroom floor, leaving behind an unsolved mystery to this day. Come and go, a history of the rise and fall of the Guizhou Warlords, a lament of fate in turbulent times.