Cao Kun (Traditional Chinese: 曹錕; Simplified Chinese: 曹锟; pinyin: Cáo Kūn; Wade-Giles: Ts'ao K'un; Courtesy name: Zhongshan (仲珊)) (December 12, 1862-May 15, 1938) was a military leader of the Zhili clique in the Beiyang Army. Wikipedia
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Cao was born in a poor family in Tianjin . During the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894 , he went with the army to fight in Choson . After the war was over, he joined Yuan Shikai to participate in the training of New Army (Known as the Beiyang Army ). Ad wiki-trust.cse.ucsc.edu/index.php/Cao_Kun
