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Cen Chunxuan

1861–1933 · 20th century

Cen Chunxuan was a late Qing official who served as governor-general of Sichuan and of Liangguang. In the early Republic he opposed Yuan Shikai, and from 1918 he chaired the directorate of the military government at Canton after the Guangxi generals forced Sun Yat-sen out. His government collapsed in 1920, and he retired from politics.

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Canton Military Government

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cen Chunxuan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cen-chunxuan
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