Li Mi (Republic of China general)

Li Mi 李弥
Lieutenant General Li Mi
Born	1902 Tengchong County, Yunnan Province
Died	March 10, 1973 (aged 70–71) Taipei, Taiwan
Allegiance	Republic of China
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	National Revolutionary Army
Commands held	8th Corps, 13th Army
Battles/wars	Northern Expedition, Anti-Communist Encirclement Campaigns, Battle of Kunlun Pass, Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang, Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan, Battle of Mount Song, Nanma-Linqu Campaign, Huaihai Campaign, Landing Operation on Hainan Island, Kuomintang Islamic Insurgency in China (1950-1958), Campaign at the China–Burma Border
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun, Order of the Cloud and Banner
Other work	Politician

Li Mi (simplified Chinese: 李弥; traditional Chinese: 李彌; pinyin: Lǐ Mí), (1902–1973) was a high-ranking Nationalist general who participated in the anti-Communist Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. He was one of the few Kuomintang commanders to achieve notable victories against both Chinese Communist forces and the Imperial Japanese Army. Following the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he withdrew his forces to Burma and Thailand, where he continued to carry out guerrilla raids into Communist-held territory.

Li Mi was born in Tengchong County, Yunnan Province. He had a difficult childhood but his family managed to give him a modern education. In 1924, he went to Guangdong Province and entered the fourth class of the Whampoa Military Academy. He participated in the Northern Expedition with his classmates Hu Lien, Zhang Lingfu, Liu Yuzhang and Lin Biao. During the anti-Communist Encirclement Campaigns his superior commander, General Chen Cheng, accused him of harboring Communist sympathies and tried to take over his unit. Li Mi was able to prove his loyalty to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and was named a county magistrate of one of the "red territories" the Kuomintang Nationalists had just taken over.