Yang Hucheng

Chinese general

Also known as: Yang Hu-ch’eng

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Yang Hucheng was a Chinese general who, along with Zhang Xueliang, played a pivotal role in the Xi'an Incident of December 1936. This event involved the kidnapping of Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek by his own generals. Yang and Zhang opposed Chiang's strategy of prioritizing the fight against Chinese communists over confronting the invading Japanese forces. Their actions led to the formation of the second United Front between the Nationalists and communists to resist Japan. Following the incident, Chiang Kai-shek was released, but both Zhang and Yang faced repercussions, with Yang being dismissed and later imprisoned and executed.12

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…and the Northwestern army under Yang Hucheng (Yang Hu-ch’eng) to attack the communist forces in northern Shaanxi. Many officers in those armies sympathized with the communist slogan “Chinese don’t fight Chinese”; they preferred to fight Japan, a sentiment particularly strong in the homeless Manchurian army. Zhang Xueliang was conducting secret…
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…and the Northwestern army under Yang Hucheng (Yang Hu-ch’eng) to attack the communist forces in northern Shaanxi. Many officers in those armies sympathized with the communist slogan “Chinese don’t fight Chinese”; they preferred to fight Japan, a sentiment particularly strong in the homeless Manchurian army. Zhang Xueliang was conducting secret…
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