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Zhang Zuolin

1875–1928 · 20th century

Zhang Zuolin was a Chinese warlord who rose from bandit leader to master of Manchuria as head of the Fengtian clique. During the Beiyang period he fought the Zhili clique for control of Beijing and from 1927 headed the Beiyang government himself. Retreating before the Nationalist Northern Expedition, he was killed in June 1928 when Japanese officers blew up his train near Shenyang.

Zhang Zuolin
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Beiyang government

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