People of the Revolution and the USSR
Political and party leadership
Citizenship: China
The old regime and the Nationalists 1894–1949
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- Yuan Shikai 袁世凯 The Beiyang strongman who took over the 1911 revolution and tried to make himself emperor
- Wang Jingwei 汪精卫 Sun Yat-sen’s heir and Kuomintang left leader who ended as head of the Japanese-sponsored Nanjing regime
- Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石 Nationalist leader who combined resistance to Japan with anti-communist rule