Yan Xishan

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Chinese warlord military leader person politician

Yan Xishan was a prominent Chinese warlord and political leader who controlled Shanxi province for decades and played a significant role in Republican-era Chinese military and political affairs.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese warlord ⓘ military leader ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ
activeYears	1911-1949 ⓘ
allegiance	Beiyang Government ⓘ Kuomintang ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Government of China
birthDate	1883-10-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qing Empire Shanxi Province ⓘ surface form: Shanxi Wutai County ⓘ
controlledTerritory	Shanxi Province ⓘ surface form: Shanxi Shanxi Clique ⓘ surface form: Shanxi clique
countryOfCitizenship	China ⓘ
deathDate	1960-07-22 ⓘ
deathPlace	Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ surface form: Taipei Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
educatedAt	Baoding Military Academy ⓘ Imperial Japanese Army Academy ⓘ
employed	Shanxi provincial army ⓘ
era	Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (1912–1949)
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese ⓘ
familyName	Yan ⓘ
fledTo	Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
givenName	Xishan ⓘ
ideology	Chinese nationalism ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ
memberOf	Kuomintang ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
movement	warlord era in China ⓘ
name	Yan Xishan self-link ⓘ
notableFor	long-term rule of Shanxi province ⓘ modernization policies in Shanxi ⓘ role in Republican-era Chinese politics ⓘ
opponent	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ Chinese Communist Party ⓘ Japanese colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Japanese Empire
participatedIn	Central Plains War ⓘ Chinese Civil War ⓘ Northern Expedition ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War 1911 Wuchang Uprising ⓘ surface form: Xinhai Revolution
positionHeld	Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Government ⓘ Governor of Shanxi ⓘ Military governor of Shanxi ⓘ
region	Shanxi Province ⓘ surface form: Shanxi
residence	Taiyuan ⓘ

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

Central Plains War → belligerent → Yan Xishan ⓘ

Central Plains War → commander → Yan Xishan ⓘ

Guomin Gemingjun → commander → Yan Xishan ⓘ

Northern Expedition → commanders → Yan Xishan ⓘ

Beiyang Army factions → leader → Yan Xishan ⓘ

Yan Xishan → name → Yan Xishan self-link ⓘ

National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front) → notableCommander → Yan Xishan ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

National Revolutionary Army → notableCommander → Yan Xishan ⓘ

NRA → notableCommander → Yan Xishan ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China → viceChairperson → Yan Xishan ⓘ