Yunnan clique

Yunnan clique
Chinese: 滇系; pinyin: Diān Xì
Yunnan Provincial Government Seal
Active1915–1945
Disbanded1945
Country Republic of China
AllegianceIndependent (1915–1916)
Constitutional Protection Junta (1917–1921)
Government of the Republic of China in Guangzhou (1921–1922)
Army and Navy Marshal stronghold of the Republic of China (1923–1924)
China Public Interest Party (1924–1927)
Nationalist Government (1927–1945)
TypeWarlord faction
Size20 regiments
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief (1911–1913)Cai E
Commander-in-Chief (1913–1921; 1922–1927)Tang Jiyao
Commander-in-Chief (1921)Gu Pinzhen
Commander-in-Chief (1927–1945)Long Yun
Aircraft flown
BomberBréguet 14
TrainerCaudron G.3

The Yunnan clique (Chinese: 滇系; pinyin: Diān Xì) was one of several mutually hostile cliques that split from the Beiyang Government in the Republic of China's warlord era. It was named for Yunnan Province.