Lin Sen (1868-1 August 1943), anti-Manchu revolutionary and a veteran leader of the Kuomintang, was the Chairman of the National Government from 1932 to 1943. Minhsien (later Minhou hsien), Fukien, w-as the birthplace of Lin Sen. His father, a businessman, moved the family to Foochow when Lin Sen was three sui. After receiving a traditional […]

Ch'en Chi-t'ang 陳濟棠 Ch'en Chi-t'ang (1890 - 3 November 1954), Cantonese military officer, became commander of the Fourth Army in 1928 and chief commander in Kwangtung in 1929. He was best known for helping create a state of nearautonomy at Canton as part of a movement against rule by Chiang Kai-shek, and he controlled Kwangtung […]

Ch'en Ch'ing-yun 陳慶雲 Alt. Chan Hing-wan Ch'en Ch'ing-yun (1897-), known as Chan Hing-wan, pioneer aviator, assisted Sun Yat-sen in his military campaigns and trained many Chinese pilots. He became a member of teh National Aeronautics Commission (1934) and commandant of the Central Aviation Academy (1936). In 1949 he went to live in the United States. […]