Northern Government

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The Northern Government, formally known as the Beiyang Government, was the warlord-dominated central authority that ruled much of China from Beijing during the early Republic era (1912–1928).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Beiyang Government
central government of the Republic of China
warlord government
alsoKnownAs Beiyang Government
Peking Government
linked to: Beiyang Government
associatedEvent May Fourth Movement
capital Beijing
collapseCause Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army
country Republic of China
currency Chinese yuan (silver dollar)
deFactoControl regional warlords
dominantMilitaryForce Beiyang Army
endTime 1928
firstHeadOfState Yuan Shikai
followedBy Nanjing Decade
linked to: Nanjing decade

Nationalist Government
foreignInfluence Japan
Western powers
governmentType nominal republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier of the Republic of China
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic of China
Provisional President of the Republic of China
legislature National Assembly of the Republic of China
locatedInTimePeriod Warlord Era
early Republic of China era
notableLeader Cao Kun
Duan Qirui
Feng Guozhang
Yuan Shikai
Zhang Zuolin
opposedBy Kuomintang
Southern Government in Guangzhou
overthrownIn Northern Expedition
participatedIn World War I
politicalSystem military dictatorship
warlordism
powerBase Anhui clique
Beiyang clique
linked to: Beiyang Army

Fengtian clique
Zhili clique
precededBy Qing dynasty
recognizedBy several foreign powers
seatOfGovernment Beijing
signed Twenty-One Demands agreement with Japan
linked to: Twenty-One Demands

Versailles Treaty (Chinese delegation refused to sign; government accepted related arrangements domestically)
startTime 1912
territoryIncludes Lower Yangtze region
linked to: Yangtze River Delta

North China
much of China proper

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Beiyang Government alsoKnownAs Northern Government