Bai Chongxi

Bai Chongxi
白崇禧
1st Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China
In office 23 May 1946 – 2 June 1948
Preceded by	Chen Cheng as Minister of War
Succeeded by	He Yingqin
Personal details
Born	(1893-03-18)18 March 1893 Guilin, Guangxi, Qing Empire
Died	2 December 1966(1966-12-02) (aged 73) Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouse	Ma P'ei-chang
Children	10, including Kenneth
Alma mater	Guangxi Military Cadre Training School Baoding Military Academy
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun Legion of Merit
Nickname(s)	The Wise Man, Little Zhuge
Military service
Allegiance	Qing Empire  Republic of China
Branch/service	New Army National Revolutionary Army
Years of service	1907–1949
Rank	General
Unit	New Guangxi Clique
Commands	Minister Of National Defense, Central China Pacification Director
Battles/wars	Northern Expedition Shanghai Massacre Central Plains War Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Xuzhou Battle of Taierzhuang Battle of Wuhan 1st Battle of Changsha 2nd Battle of Changsha 3rd Battle of Changsha Battle of South Guangxi Battle of Kunlun Pass Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou Chinese Civil War Campaign to Defend Siping

Bai Chongxi (18 March 1893 – 2 December 1966; Chinese: 白崇禧; pinyin: Bái Chóngxī; Wade–Giles: Pai Ch'ung-hsi, IPA: [pɑ́ɪ̯ t͡ʂʰʊ́ŋɕǐ], Xiao'erjing: ﺑَﻰْ ﭼْﻮ ثِ) was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China (ROC) and a prominent Chinese Nationalist leader.^[1] He was of Hui ethnicity and of the Muslim faith. From the mid-1920s to 1949, Bai and his close ally Li Zongren ruled Guangxi province as regional warlords with their own troops and considerable political autonomy. His relationship with Chiang Kai-shek was at various times antagonistic and cooperative. He and Li Zongren supported the anti-Chiang warlord alliance in the Central Plains War in 1930, then supported Chiang in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Bai was the first defense minister of the Republic of China from 1946 to 1948. After losing to the Communists in 1949, he fled to Taiwan, where he died in 1966.