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Chang Tso-lin

American  
[jahng tsoh-lin] / ˈdʒɑŋ ˈtsoʊˈlɪn /
(Pinyin) Zhang Zuolin

noun

  1. 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.


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Before the year was out he deserted Wu, made peace again with Chang Tso-lin and became governor of the Harbin district in Manchuria.

From Time Magazine Archive

Son of fabulous "Old Marshal" Chang Tso-lin, who drank tiger blood and warlorded it over Manchuria until his assassination in 1928, the Young Marshal kidnaped Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in the fantastic Sian incident of 1936.

From Time Magazine Archive

The great lord Chang Tso-lin felt that as a matter of patriotism he must demand as much for China and himself as had the Nationalists at Hankow.

From Time Magazine Archive

At present Feng Yu-hsiang is fighting on the side of the Southern Nanking Nationalist Government and against the Northern armies of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, famed semi-imperial Dictator.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Moukden Governor, General Chang Tso-lin, discussing the Chengchiatun affair with the writer, put the matter in a nutshell.

From The Fight For The Republic in China by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

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