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'''Feng Kuo-chang''', (馮國璋 [[Pinyin]]: Féng Guózhāng [[Courtesy name|courtesy]] '''Huafu''' 華甫 or 華符) ([[1858]] - December [[1919]]) native of [[Hejian]], [[Hebei]]. Feng served as vice president under [[Li Yuanhong]]. During the occupation of [[Beijing]] by [[Zhang Xun]], Feng served as acting president, a position he kept when Li formally resigned. He was elected the [[president of the Republic of China]] on [[August 1]] [[1917]]. On [[August 14]], China entered [[World War One]] on the side of the Allies. He retired on [[September 30]] [[1918]]. He died in [[Beijing]] of illness.
'''Feng Kuo-chang''', (馮國璋 [[Pinyin]]: Féng Guózhāng [[Courtesy name|courtesy]] '''Huafu''' 華甫 or 華符) ([[1858]] - December [[1919]]) native of [[Hejian]], [[Hebei]]. Feng served as vice president under [[Li Yuanhong]] and was founder of the Zhili clique of warlords. During the occupation of [[Beijing]] by [[Zhang Xun]], Feng served as acting president, a position he kept when Li formally resigned. He was elected the [[president of the Republic of China]] on [[August 1]] [[1917]]. On [[August 14]], China entered [[World War One]] on the side of the Allies. He sent about 100,000 in labor battalions to the [[Western Front]]. He retired on [[September 30]] [[1918]]. He died in [[Beijing]] of illness.


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Feng Kuo-chang.

Feng Kuo-chang, (馮國璋 Pinyin: Féng Guózhāng courtesy Huafu 華甫 or 華符) (1858 - December 1919) native of Hejian, Hebei. Feng served as vice president under Li Yuanhong and was founder of the Zhili clique of warlords. During the occupation of Beijing by Zhang Xun, Feng served as acting president, a position he kept when Li formally resigned. He was elected the president of the Republic of China on August 1 1917. On August 14, China entered World War One on the side of the Allies. He sent about 100,000 in labor battalions to the Western Front. He retired on September 30 1918. He died in Beijing of illness.

Preceded by President of the Republic of China
1917–1918
Succeeded by