Zhang Zhizhong
| Zhang Zhizhong 張治中 |
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General Zhang Zhizhong
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| Governor of Xinjiang | |
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In office March 1946 – June 1947 |
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| Preceded by | Tao Zhiyue |
| Succeeded by | Masud Sabri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 October 1890 Chaohu, Anhui |
| Died | 6 April 1969 (aged 78) Beijing |
| Alma mater | Baoding Military Academy |
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| Allegiance |
 Republic of China People's Republic of China
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| Years of service | 1928–1939 |
| Rank | General 2nd Class |
| Commands | Beijing Shanghai Garrison Corps 5th Army 9th Army Group |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Shanghai (1932), (1937) Battle of Changsha (1939), Ili Rebellion |
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| Traditional Chinese | 張治中 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 张治中 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Zhìzhōng |
Zhang Zhizhong or Chang Chih-chung (27 October 1895 – April 1969) was a general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China. He was born in Chaohu, Anhui, and attended the Baoding Military Academy from which he graduated in 1916. He attended Shanghai University in 1923 for one year. He then served in the local warlord armies of Yunnan and Guangxi before heeding the call of Nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen and moving to Guangzhou to become an instructor at the Whampoa Academy. He participated in the Northern Expedition, and after the Nationalists established the new republican government in Nanjing, became the commandant of the Central Military Academy. He joined in Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's campaign against Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, and led the 5th Army in the 1932 battle at Shanghai against Japan. Later as the head of the 9th Army Group (第九集團軍), Zhang supervised the defence of Shanghai against Japan in 1937. Zhang is generally regarded as one of Chiang's close confidants.
Later in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zhang was later appointed Governor of Hunan and was responsible for the Great Fire of Changsha, a fire that got out of hand when he ordered key buildings razed in anticipation of a coming Japanese attack (which failed to materialize on time). He was relieved of his duty after this event and several individuals responsible for bad intelligence were executed. In 1940, he became the political director of the National Military Council.
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