Chinese reunification (1928)

1925	Yunnan–Guangxi War; May Thirtieth Movement
1925–1926	Anti-Fengtian War
1926	Zhongshan Warship Incident
1926–1928	Northern Expedition; Nanjing-Wuhan Split; Nationalist-Communist Civil War
1927–1930	Muslim conflict in Gansu
1928	Jinan Incident; Huánggūtun Incident; Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum; Flag Replacement of the Northeast
1928–1929	Third Red Spears' uprising in Shandong
1929	Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong; Sino-Soviet conflict
1930	Central Plains War
1930–1932	Sino-Tibetan War/Qinghai-Tibet War
1931–1935	Kumul Rebellion/Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang
1932	Han–Liu War
1934	War in Ningxia

1915	Twenty-One Demands
1915–1916	Empire of China (Yuan Shikai); National Protection War
1916	Death of Yuan Shikai
1917	Manchu Restoration
1917–1922	Constitutional Protection Movement
1917–1929	Golok Rebellion
1918–1920	Siberian Intervention
1919	Paris Peace Conference; Shandong Problem; May Fourth Movement
1919–1921	Occupation of Outer Mongolia
1920	Zhili–Anhui War
1920–1921	Guangdong–Guangxi War
1921	1st National CPC Congress
1921–1922	Washington Naval Conference
1922	First Zhili–Fengtian War
1923–1927	First United Front
1924	Second Zhili–Fengtian War; Beijing Coup

Beiyang government's five-coloured flag

Flag of the Nationalist government

Chinese reunification (1928), better known in Chinese history as the Northeast Flag Replacement (traditional Chinese: 東北易幟; simplified Chinese: 东北易帜; pinyin: Dōngběi Yìzhì), is Zhang Xueliang's announcement on 29 December 1928 on replacing all banners of the Beiyang government in Manchuria with the flag of the Nationalist government, thus nominally uniting China under one state.

Origin

In April 1928 Chiang Kai-shek was reinstated as commander of the National Revolutionary Army, the position he previously resigned to take responsibility for splitting the KMT during the First Northern Expedition. He proceeded with the Second Northern Expedition and was approaching Beijing near the end of May. The Beiyang government in Beijing was forced to dissolve as a result; Zhang Zuolin abandoned Beijing to return to Manchuria, and was assassinated in the Huanggutun by the Japanese Kwantung Army. Manchuria remained held by the Fengtian clique, however, still hanging the banner of the Beiyang government. The ultimate objective of the Northern Expedition was not fully accomplished.

Process

Zhang Xueliang in 1928.

Immediately after the death of Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Xueliang returned to Shenyang to succeed his father's position. On July 1 he announced an armistice with the National Revolutionary Army and proclaimed that he would not interfere with the re-unification.^[1] The Japanese were dissatisfied with the move and demanded Zhang carry out the independence of Manchuria. He refused the Japanese demand and proceeded with unification matters. On July 3 Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Beijing and met the representative from the Fengtian clique to discuss a peaceful settlement. This negotiation reflected the scramble between the US and Japan on her sphere of influence in China, because the US supported Chiang Kai-shek unifying Manchuria. Under pressure from the US and Britain, Japan was diplomatically isolated on this issue. On December 29 Zhang Xueliang announced the replacement of all flags in Manchuria and accepted the jurisdiction of the Nationalist government. Two days later the Nationalist government appointed Zhang as commander of the Northeast Army. China was symbolically reunified at this point.

Footnotes

↑ Republic of China historical annal: 1928 Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. under July 1, section A.

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[nsysu-1] Republic of China historical annal: 1928 Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. under July 1, section A.