Beiyang Army factions

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military faction political faction warlord clique

The Beiyang Army factions were rival military cliques that emerged from Yuan Shikai’s modernized Qing army and dominated early Republican Chinese politics through warlordism and shifting alliances.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Beiyang warlords 2
Yuan Shikai's modernized Qing army 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military faction ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
warlord clique ⓘ
conflict First Zhili–Fengtian War ⓘ
Northern Expedition ⓘ
Second Zhili–Fengtian War ⓘ
Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ
country China ⓘ
dominantDuring Warlord Era ⓘ
endTime late 1920s ⓘ
followedBy National Revolutionary Army consolidation ⓘ
governmentTypeInfluenced Zhili clique ⓘ
surface form: Beiyang government
hasCause fragmentation of the Beiyang Army after Yuan Shikai's death ⓘ
power struggle in early Republic of China ⓘ
hasOrigin Beiyang Army factions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yuan Shikai's modernized Qing army
hasPart Anhui clique ⓘ
Fengtian clique ⓘ
Guominjun ⓘ
Shanxi Clique ⓘ
surface form: Shanxi clique

Zhili clique ⓘ
various provincial warlord cliques ⓘ
historicalSignificance fragmented central authority in the early Republic of China ⓘ
shaped the outcome of the Northern Expedition ⓘ
influenced politics of the early Republic of China ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
leader Cao Kun ⓘ
Duan Qirui ⓘ
Feng Guozhang ⓘ
Feng Yuxiang ⓘ
Wu Peifu ⓘ
Yan Xishan ⓘ
Zhang Zuolin ⓘ
locatedIn North China ⓘ
Manchuria ⓘ
surface form: Northeast China

Yangtze River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Yangtze River valley
opposedBy Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ
partOf Beiyang Army ⓘ
politicalGoal control of the Beiyang government in Beijing ⓘ
regional autonomy for warlords ⓘ
precededBy Qing army ⓘ
surface form: Qing dynasty imperial military system
relatedTo Beiyang Army ⓘ
surface form: Beiyang government

Warlord Era ⓘ
surface form: Warlord Era in China

Yuan Shikai ⓘ
startTime 1916 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
usedMethod civil war ⓘ
military alliances ⓘ
warlordism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beiyang Army factions → hasOrigin → Beiyang Army factions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuan Shikai's modernized Qing army
Guomin Gemingjun → opponent → Beiyang Army factions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beiyang warlords
Northern Expedition → opponent → Beiyang Army factions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beiyang warlords
subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army