Duan Qirui
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Duan Qirui was a Chinese statesman and general who controlled the Beijing Government during the late 1910s. He was the Premier of China on four occasions between 1913 and 1918, and from 1924 to 1926 h
Duan in 1913
Warlord Era
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The Warlord Era was the period in the history of the Republic of China between 1916 and 1928, when control of the country was divided between rival military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regio
Duan Qirui
…from 1924 to 1926 he served as acting Chief Executive of China in Beijing. As the last leader of the Beiyang Army, Duan was highly respected among the warlords and people of China, and was the founder of the Anhui Clique. A graduate of the Tianjin Military Academy, Duan studied military science in Germany and…
During the early 1930s, most warlords in China were nominally loyal to the Nationalist government in Nanking.
The Beiyang Army in training
Zhang Zuolin (left) and Wu Peifu (right), two of the most powerful strongmen of the era
Control of railroads was of great importance to warlords.