Hsü Shu-cheng (4 November 1880-30 December 1925), held many important offices in Peking as the most powerful deputy of Tuan Ch'i-jui (q.v.) in the period from 1912 to 1920 and co-founder of the Anfu Club. His actions in extending Chinese authority in Outer Mongolia after 1918 turned the Mongols against China and were a chief […]

Chiang Ting-wen (1895-), Chekiang military officer, was an able field commander who served Chiang Ting-wen Chiang Kai-shek in the Northern Expedition and in the campaigns against the Communists in the 1930's. During the Sino-Japanese war he held such offices as director of the Generalissimo's Sian headquarters, governor of Shensi, and commander of the First War […]