Cai E

Chinese general

Also known as: Ts’ai O

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In China: Yuan’s attempts to become emperor
Cai E (Ts’ai O; a disciple of Liang Qichao) and by the governor of Yunnan, Tang Jiyao (T’ang Chi-yao). Joined by Li Liejun (Li Lieh-chün) and other revolutionary generals, they established the National Protection Army (Huguojun) and demanded that Yuan cancel his plan. When he would not,…
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In Yunnan: History of Yunnan
In 1915 Cai E, onetime governor of the province, launched in Yunnan his drive to defeat the monarchist movement of Yuan Shikai, the president of the republic, who attempted to make himself emperor of China. Then, spanning the decades between World Wars I and II, the warlords…
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