Kuomintang Party flag
Kuomintang Party
中國國民黨
Chiang Kai-Shek, the leader of Kuomintang Party
C.C.P. flag
Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党
Mao Zedong, the leader of C.C.P.
Beiyang Government flag
Communications clique
交通系
Beiyang Government flag
Research clique
研究系
Kuomintang Party flag
Yunnan clique / Tien clique
滇系
This faction occupied the province of Yunnan.
Long Yun, the leader of Yunnan clique
Xinjiang-Shicai flag from 12 April 1933 to 9 July 1942
Xinjiang-Shicai flag from 9 July 1942 to 29 August 1944
Xinjiang clique / Sinkiang clique
新疆幫
This faction occupied the provinces of Xinjiang.
Sheng Shicai, the leader of Xinjiang clique
Allegedly flag of the Ma family
Tsing Ma clique
馬家軍(閥)
This faction occupied the province of Qinghai.
Ma Bufang, the leader of Tsing Ma clique
Allegedly flag of the Ma family
Ning Ma clique
馬家軍(閥)
This faction occupied the provinces of Gansu and Ningxia.
Ma Hongbin, the leader of Ning Ma clique
Beiyang Government flag
Shanxi clique / Jin clique
晉系
This faction occupied the provinces of Shanxi and Suiyuan.
Yan Xishan, the leader of Shanxi clique
Beiyang Government flag
Fengtian clique / Fengtien clique
奉系军阀
This faction occupied the provinces of Xingan, Heilongjiang, Hejiang, Nenjiang, Liaobei, Jilin, Harbin, Songjiang, Andong, Liaoning and Shenyang.
Zhang Zuolin, the leader of Fengtian clique
Beiyang Government flag
Old Guangxi clique / Old Kwangsi clique
廣西老派
This faction occupied the provinces of Guangxi and Guangdong.
Lu Ronting, the leader of Old Guangxi clique
Beiyang Government flag
Zhili clique / Chihli clique
直(隸)系軍閥
Cao kun, the leader of Zhili clique
Nationalist Army flag
Guominjun clique
國民軍
Feng Yuxiang, the leader of Guominjun clique
Kuomintang Party flag
Hunan clique / Hsiang clique
湖南派
Cheng Qian, the leader of Hunan clique
Kuomintang Party flag
Sichuan clique / Sichwan clique
四川派
Liu Xiang, the leader of Sichuan clique
Kuomintang Party flag
Guizhou clique
貴州派
Liu Xianshi, the leader of Guizhou clique
Beiyang Government flag
Anhui clique / Anhwei clique
安徽派
Duan Qirui, the leader of Anhui clique
Kuomintang Party flag
Xikang clique / Kang clique
西康集團
Liu Wenhui, the leader of Xikang clique
Kuomintang Party flag
New Guangxi clique / New Kwangsi clique
廣西老派
This faction occupied the provinces of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan.
Lin Zongren, the leader of New Guangxi clique