Yang Yuting (warlord)

Yang Yuting
Yang Yuting in 1924
Born	1886 Faku County, Liaoning, China
Died	January 1929 Shenyang, China
Nationality	Chinese
Occupation	General, Warlord, Governor of Jiangsu

Yang Yuting (simplified Chinese: 杨宇霆; traditional Chinese: 楊宇霆; pinyin: Yáng Yǔtíng; Wade–Giles: Yang Yü-t'ing; 1886 – January 1929), was a Fengtien clique warlord and Military Governor of Jiangsu during early Republic of China from August to November 1925. He was executed by Zhang Xueliang during a political power struggle.

Yang was a native of Shengyang, and was sent to Japan in 1904 to study at the Tokyo Shimbu Gakko, a military preparatory school, by the Qing government. He continued on for training at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, with a specialty in artillery. He returned to China after the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, and served in various military posts in the Beiyang government and was chief-of-staff for Zhang Zuolin during the 1924 First Zhili–Fengtian War and in the 1925 Second Zhili–Fengtian War. He was governor of Jiangsu Province from August–November 1925. During the revolt of Guo Songling against Zhang Zuolin, he was forced to withdraw to Dalian and seek assistance from the Japanese Kwantung Army.