Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948) was a warlord during Republican China. As the son of an officer in the Qing Imperial Army, Feng spent his youth immersed in the military life. He joined the army at age 16 and proved himself to be hard working and motivated. Feng, like many young officers, was seduced by revolutionary romanticism and was nearly executed for treason. He later joined Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army and converted to Christianity in 1914.

Wu Peifu or Wu P'ei-fu, was a major figure in the struggles between the warlords who dominated Republican China from 1916 to 1927. Born in Shandong Province in Eastern China, Wu initially received a traditional Chinese education. He later joined the Baoding Military Academy (保定軍校) in Beijing and embarked on a career as a professional soldier. His talents as an officer were recognized by his superiors, and he rose quickly in the ranks.

Féng Guózhāng (1858 - December 1919) native of Hejian, Hebei. He was a Beiyang Army general and politician in early republican China. Feng broke with Yuan Shikai when the latter attempted to make himself emperor. His name was prominently missing from the list of proposed successors Yuan revealed after death. Feng then served as vice president under Li Yuanhong and was founder of the Zhili clique of warlords. During the occupation of Beijing by Zhang Xun, …

Tang Jiyao was a Chinese general and warlord of Yunnan during the Warlord Era of Republican China. Tang was born in Huize county(會澤縣) in 1883 in nowadays Qujing, Yunnan province. He became a revolutionary warrior in southwestern China after he finished his military studies in Japan. When Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself as the emperor of China in the December of 1915, Tang announced the independence of Yunnan with Cai E, Li Jiejun and etc.

He Yingqin (April 2, 1890 - October 21, 1987), also spelled Ho Ying-chin, was one of the senior generals of Kuomintang during Republican China, and a close ally of Chiang Kai-shek.

Yang Hucheng (26 November 1893 - 6 September 1949) was a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War. A bandit of unknown origins, Yang Hucheng had become a popular warlord of Shaanxi Province by 1926. Following the defeat of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan in the Central Plains War of 1930, …

Xu Shuzheng (1880 - 29 December 1925), was a Chinese warlord in Republican China. A subordinate and right-hand man of Duan Qirui, he was the leader of the Chinese military expedition that invaded Mongolia in 1919 and temporarily brought Mongolia back under Chinese control. He lost his position after Duan fell from power in 1920, and was assassinated by fellow warlord Feng Yuxiang in 1925. He had two sons who were active in Republic of China politics.

Wu^{2&lt;/sup> Chien^;4-ch'üan<sup&gt;2} (Wade-Giles), or Wú Jiànquán, 吳鑑泉 (1870-1942), was a famous teacher of the soft style martial art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Taijiquan) in late Imperial and early Republican China. Wu Chien-ch'uan was taught martial arts by his father, Wu Ch'uan-yu (Wu Quanyuo, 吳全佑, 1834-1902), a famous student of Yang Lu-ch'an, (楊露禪, 1799-1872), and Yang Pan-hou, (楊班侯, 1837-1890).

Elizabeth J. Remick is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. She teaches courses on Chinese Politics, political corruption, and gender, work and politics in East Asia. Her book Building Local States: China During the Republican and Post-Mao Eras was published in 2004 by the Harvard University Asia Center Press .

Melville T. Kennedy, Jr . Mel joined the Bryn Mawr faculty in 1958 as Assistant Professor of Political Science, and became Associate Professor in 1960 and Professor in 1969. He took a leave of absence from 1969-1971 to work for the American Friends Service Committee as the Quaker representative in South Asia.

Kristine Harris (History) presented a paper, "Mirror Images and Cinematic Spectacle in Republican China," at the Harvard University Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies on May 2-4. The forum was a workshop titled "Urban Spectacle and the Rise of Mass Culture in Late Qing and Republican China," in which seven scholars presented new research for discussion and feedback.