Zhang Xueliang | |
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張學良 | |
Warlord of Manchuria | |
In office June 4, 1928 – December 26, 1936 | |
Preceded by | Zhang Zuolin |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Tai'an County, Fengtian, Qing Empire | June 3, 1901
Died | October 15, 2001 (aged 100) Honolulu County, Hawaii, U.S. |
Resting place | Valley of the Temples Memorial Park, Honolulu County, Hawaii |
Nationality | Chinese |
Spouses | |
Children | 5 |
Parent |
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Relatives | Zhang Xueming (brother) |
Awards | Order of Rank and Merit Order of Wen-Hu Order of the Sacred Treasure Order of Blue Sky and White Sun |
Nickname | Young Marshal |
Military service | |
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Branch/service | |
Rank | General of the Army[citation needed] |
Commands | Northeast Peace Preservation Forces |
Battles/wars | |
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Traditional Chinese | 張學良 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张学良 | ||||||||||
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Zhang Xueliang (Chinese: 張學良; June 3, 1901[note 3] – October 15, 2001), also romanized as Chang Hsueh-liang and known later in life as Peter H. L. Chang, was a Chinese warlord who ruled Manchuria from 1928 to 1936 and the commander-in-chief of the Northeastern Army after the assassination of his father, Zhang Zuolin. A reformer who was sympathetic to nationalist ideas, he completed the official reunification of China at the end of the Warlord Era by pledging loyalty to the Nationalist government in Nanjing. He nonetheless retained Manchuria's de facto autonomy until the Empire of Japan invaded and occupied the region in 1931. He was frustrated by Chiang Kai-shek's policy of "first internal pacification, then external resistance" and helped plan and lead the 1936 Xi'an Incident. Northeastern soldiers under Zhang's command arrested Chiang to force him to negotiate a Second United Front with the Chinese Communist Party against Japan. Chiang eventually agreed, but upon his release he had Zhang arrested and sentenced to 50 years of house arrest, first in mainland China and then in Taiwan. Although never personally a communist, Zhang is regarded by the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China as a patriotic hero for his role in ending the encirclement campaigns and beginning the war of resistance against Japan.[1][2][3][4][5]
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