Zhang Xueliang

Zhang Xueliang

Chang Hsueh-liang (Chinese: 張學良; June 3, 1901 – October 15, 2001), also romanized as Zhang Xueliang and known later in life as Peter H. L. Chang, was a Chinese warlord who ruled Manchuria from 1928 to 1936 and the commander-in-chief of the Northeastern Army after the assassination of his father, Zhang Zuolin. A reformer who was sympathetic to nationalist ideas, he completed the official reunification of China at the end of the Warlord Era by pledging loyalty to the Nationalist government in Nanjing. He nonetheless retained Manchuria's de facto autonomy until the Empire of Japan invaded and occupied the region in 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Xueliang has received more than 649,974 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Zhang Xueliang is the 2,862nd most popular politician (up from 2,893rd in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from China (up from 231st in 2019) and the 141st most popular Chinese Politician.

Zhang Xueliang was most famous for the Xi'an Incident, when he and his troops captured the city of Xi'an from Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government.