14 Facts About Han Youwen

Han Youwen was an ethnic Salar Muslim General in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, born in Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai.

Han Youwen's mother was a Tibetan woman named Ziliha.

The bombing resulted in human flesh splattering a Blue Sky with a White Sun flag and Han Youwen being buried in rubble.

Han Youwen was dragged out of the rubble while bleeding and he managed to grab a machine gun while he was limping and fired back at the Japanese warplanes and cursed the Japanese as dogs in his native Salar language.

In Xining Han Youwen was the captain of the defense squadron.

Han Youwen was transferred from Qinghai to Xinjiang to serve in the 5th Cavalry Army under General Ma Chengxiang in the Ili Rebellion to fight against Soviet backed Uyghur rebels.

Han Youwen led Chinese Muslim forces in a bloody battle against Soviet Russian and Mongol forces during the Pei-ta-shan Incident, along with Hui Muslim General Ma Xizhen.

At Pei-ta-shan, Major General Han Youwen was in command of all the Muslim cavalry defending against Soviet and Mongol forces.

Han Youwen said "that he believed the border should be about 40 miles to the north of the mountains" to A Doak Barnett, an American reporter.

Han Youwen served with Osman Batur and his Kazakh forces in battling the ETR Ili Uyghur and Soviet forces around Altai.

The report contained a speech Han Youwen gave at a meeting.

In 1985 Han Youwen went on Hajj as part of an official delegation from China.

Han Youwen's office was located in Qitai county of Changji Hui autonomous prefecture.

Han Youwen served as one of the three Vice Chairman of Xinjiang under the Communist state.