1. Ma Buqing was a prominent Ma clique warlord in China during the Republic of China era, controlling armies in the province of Qinghai.
10 Facts About Ma Buqing
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Ma Buqing and his younger brother Ma Bufang were born in Monigou Township in what is today Linxia County, some 35 kilometres west of Linxia City.
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Ma Buqing received a Confucian Classical Chinese education, while his brother Ma Bufang received education in Islam to become an Imam.
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Ma Buqing watched Chinese Opera, and met the later American Professor John DeFrancis during an opera performance.
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Ma Buqing's troops defeated the CCP during the Long March in 1936.
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In 1940 at the Battle of Wuyuan, Ma Buqing led the 5th Cavalry Corps against the Japanese.
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Ma Buqing was in virtual control of the Gansu corridor at this time.
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Ma Buqing's troops were involved in road construction, for the movement of war supplies to Chinese forces fighting against Japan, having built a route to the Soviet Union and was planning another route via Tibet.
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In July 1942 Chiang Kai-shek instructed Ma Buqing to move 30,000 of his troops to the Tsaidam marsh in the Qaidam Basin of Qinghai.
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In 1949, Ma Buqing evacuated with his family to Taiwan along with the Kuomintang Republic of China government becoming advisor to the Ministry of Defense.