Long Yun Politician

Long Yun (simplified Chinese: 龙云; traditional Chinese: 龍雲; pinyin: Lóng Yún; Wade–Giles: Lung Yun; November 27, 1884 - June 27, 1962) was governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan from 1927 to October 1945, when ("the Kunming Incident") he was overthrown in a coup by Du Yuming under the order of Chiang Kai-shek.

Personal facts

Long Yun
Birth dateNovember 27, 1884
Nationality
Yi people
Date of deathJune 27, 1962

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Office holder

military operations
Chinese Civil War
Second Sino-Japanese War
military rank
General officer
officeGovernor of Yunnan
party
Kuomintang
service end1948
service start1911
successor

Topical connections

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Long Yun on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://baike.baidu.com/view/161884.htm
  2. http://rulers.org/indexl4.html
  3. http://www.2499cn.com/junfamulu.htm
  4. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/655000/Yunnan/71409/History
  5. http://www.generals.dk/general/Long_Yun/_/China.html
  6. http://www.rulers.org/indexl4.html#longy
  7. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766562,00.html
  8. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,792415,00.html