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