Yunnan clique

Yunnan clique
Chinese: 滇系; pinyin: Diān Xì
Yunnan Provincial Government Seal
Active	1915–1945
Disbanded	1945
Country	Republic of China
Allegiance	Independent (1915–1916) Constitutional Protection Junta (1917–1921) Government of the Republic of China in Guangzhou (1921–1922) Army and Navy Marshal stronghold of the Republic of China (1923–1924) China Public Interest Party (1924–1927) Nationalist Government (1927–1945)
Type	Warlord faction
Size	20 regiments
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief (1911–1913)	Cai E
Commander-in-Chief (1913–1921; 1922–1927)	Tang Jiyao
Commander-in-Chief (1921)	Gu Pinzhen
Commander-in-Chief (1927–1945)	Long Yun
Aircraft flown
Bomber	Bréguet 14
Trainer	Caudron G.3

The Yunnan clique (Chinese: 滇系; pinyin: Diān Xì) was one of several mutually hostile cliques that split from the Beiyang Government in the Republic of China's warlord era. It was named for Yunnan Province.