Yang Hucheng

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Chinese general Kuomintang general person warlord

Yang Hucheng was a Chinese warlord and Nationalist general best known for his role in the Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek into a united front with the Chinese Communists against Japan.

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese general → Kuomintang general → person → warlord →
activeIn	Shaanxi →
allegiance	Republic of China →
associatedWithEvent	formation of Second United Front →
associatedWithOrganization	Chinese Communist Party (as temporary ally) →
associatedWithPlace	Xi'an →
causeOfDeath	execution →
co-conspirator	Zhang Xueliang →
conflict	Chinese Civil War → Second Sino-Japanese War →
countryOfCitizenship	China →
deathManner	extrajudicial killing →
detainedBy	Chiang Kai-shek regime → Kuomintang authorities →
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese →
familyName	Yang →
forcedPoliticalChange	Second United Front →
givenName	Hucheng →
goalInXiAnIncident	end Chinese civil war to resist Japan →
hasCause	anti-Japanese resistance →
historicalPeriod	Republic of China (1912–1949) →
historicalSignificance	helped create Second United Front between KMT and CCP →
knownFor	detaining Chiang Kai-shek in Xi'an →
legacy	symbol of KMT–CCP cooperation against Japan →
memberOf	Kuomintang →
militaryBranch	National Revolutionary Army →
militaryRank	general →
name	Yang Hucheng →
notableFor	Xi'an Incident →
occupation	military officer → politician →
opposed	Chiang Kai-shek →
opposedPolicyOf	Chiang Kai-shek's civil war-first policy →
politicalAlignment	anti-Japanese united front →
politicalIdeology	Chinese nationalism →
positionHeld	military governor of Shaanxi →
roleIn	Xi'an Incident →
supported	Chinese Communist Party–Kuomintang united front against Japan →
supportedPolicy	resistance against Imperial Japan →
victimOf	Kuomintang political purge →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Second United Front →	brokeredBy
Xi’an Incident →	detainedBy
Yang Hucheng →	name
Xi’an Incident →	participant