Chu Teh 朱德 T. Yü-chieh 玉階 Chu Teh (18 December 1886-), commander in chief of the Chinese Communist forces for many years, became associated with Mao Tse-tung in 1928, when their forces combined to form the Fourth Red Army and to establish the central Communist base in Kiangsi. During the 1930's and early 1940's Chu […]
Chang Chih-chung (1891-), military commander and government official, Nationalist general and dean of the Central Military Academy, became governor of Hunan in 1937, but lost the position after the misjudged burning of Changsha. In 1940 he became secretary general of the San Min Chu I Youth Corps. From 1945-49 he was director of the Generalissimo's […]
Hsueh Yueh (17 December 1896-), Nationalist military commander who was known for his pursuit of the Communist Long March forces in 1935 and for his brilliant defense of Changsha (1939; and Ch'angte (1943; against the Japanese. He served as governor of Hunan (1939-45) and Kwangtung (1949). Lochang hsien, Kwangtung, was the birthplace of Hsueh Yueh. […]
Sung Hsi-lien (b. 1906), Whampoa-trained Nationalist general who commanded the Eleventh Group Army in the early 1940's. After serving as Sinkiang garrison commander in 1946-47, he was transferred to central China. He was captured by the Chinese Communists in 1949. A native of Hsianghsiang, Hunan, Sung Hsi-lien was born into a family known for its […]
Chiang Kuang-nai (1887-), a Kwangtung army officer, was active as a commander in the warfare after 1924, but won particular renown in the stubborn resistance of the Nineteenth Route Army to the Japanese at Shanghai in 1932. Chiang became in 1952 an official in the government at Peking. Born into a fairly prosperous landlord family […]
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 […]
Ch'en, Eugene 陳友仁 Ch'en Yu-jen Eugene Ch'en (1878-20 November 1944), antiimperialist, publicist, lawyer, and government official, was a protege of Sun Yat-sen. He was particularly well known as the editor of journals and the author of political manifestoes. San Fernando on the island of Trinidad in the British West Indies was the birthplace of Eugene […]
Ch'en Ming-shu 陳銘樞 Ch'en Ming-shu (1890 - 15 May 1965), prominent Kwangtung military man, commanded the Eleventh Army, was civil governor of Kwangtung from 1929 to 1931, and in 1931 took command of the Nineteenth Route Army. He was best known for leading the Fukien revolt in November 1933. In 1949 hejoined the Peking government, […]
Ts'ai T'ing-k'ai (15 April 1892-25 April 1968), field commander of the Nineteenth Route Army who won international fame as a result of that force's brave stand against the Japanese at Shanghai in 1932. In late 1933 he participated in the so-called Fukien revolt against Nanking. After 1949 he held a variety of posts in the […]
