Ye Ting

Ye Ting
Native name
叶挺
Born(1896-09-10)September 10, 1896
Zhoutian village, Huizhou Prefecture, Guangdong, Qing China
(present-day Huizhou, Guangdong, China)
DiedApril 8, 1946(1946-04-08) (aged 49)
Xing County, Shanxi, Republic of China
AllegianceKuomintang (1919-1924)
Chinese Communist Party (1924-1928, 1946)
RankLieutenant General
CommandsNew Fourth Army
Battles / warsNorthern Expedition
Chinese Civil War
Second Sino-Japanese War
RelationsMelody Tan Tan YIP (great-grandchild)

Ye Ting (simplified Chinese: 叶挺; traditional Chinese: 葉挺; pinyin: Yè Tǐng; Jyutping: Yip6 Ting2) (April 10, 1896[1]: 2  – April 8, 1946) was a Chinese military officer and figure who played a key role in the Northern Expedition to reunify China after the 1911 Revolution.[2] After serving with the Kuomintang, Ye later joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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