The Rise of Zhang Zuolin and Japan’s Manchurian Ambitions The early 20th century witnessed the dramatic ascent of Zhang Zuolin, […]
The Fractured Landscape of 1927 China By mid-1927, China stood at a crossroads. The Northern Expedition, launched the previous year […]
The Collapse of the Beiyang Warlords’ Anti-Revolutionary Plan The dramatic victories of the National Revolutionary Army in southern China and […]
The Divided Battlefield of China’s Northern Expedition While the National Revolutionary Army marched north from Guangdong in 1926, engaging warlords […]
The Rise of Warlordism and the Northern Expedition’s Origins In the turbulent years following the collapse of imperial China, regional […]
The Collapse of Duan Qirui’s Provisional Government On April 20, 1926, Duan Qirui, once a dominant figure in the early […]
The Powder Keg of North China in 1926 By early 1926, northern China had become a tinderbox of competing warlord […]
The Warlord Landscape of 1920s China The early 1920s in China represented a period of profound fragmentation and conflict, with […]
The Brewing Storm: Origins of the Zhe-Feng Conflict The Zhe-Feng War of 1925 represented a critical juncture in China’s turbulent […]
The Collapse of the Anti-Zhili Coalition The temporary alliance between Feng Yuxiang’s National Army and Zhang Zuolin’s Fengtian Clique during […]
A Nation Divided: China’s Political Landscape in 1924 When Duan Qirui assumed office as China’s Provisional Chief Executive on November […]
The Fractured Republic: China’s Warlord Era By 1924, China’s young republic stood at a crossroads. Thirteen years after the 1911 […]
The Warlord Landscape and Origins of the Coup In the turbulent years following the collapse of imperial China, the nation […]
The Warlord Landscape and Origins of Conflict The early 1920s marked a turbulent period in Chinese history, as regional warlords […]
The Aftermath of the First Zhili-Fengtian War The First Zhili-Fengtian War (1922) marked a pivotal moment in China’s warlord era, […]
The Fractured Republic: China’s Warlord Era Begins The period between 1920 and 1924 marked a critical juncture in China’s turbulent […]
The Fractured Foundations of Zhili Dominance The early 1920s marked a pivotal period in China’s warlord era, as the Zhili […]
The Collapse of the First Zhili-Fengtian War and the Rise of the Zhili Clique The aftermath of the First Zhili-Fengtian […]
The Brewing Storm: Origins of the Conflict The tensions between the Zhili and Fengtian factions had been simmering for months […]
The Ascendancy of Wu Peifu in the Zhili Clique Following the Zhili-Anhui War of 1920, Wu Peifu rapidly emerged as […]
The Historical Background of the Zhili-Anhui Conflict The early 1920s marked a turbulent period in Chinese history when regional warlords […]
The Fracturing of the Beiyang Warlord System Following Yuan Shikai’s death in 1916, the once-unified Beiyang military clique splintered into […]
