Ma Dunjing (,
Xiao'erjing: ; 1906–1972) was a prominent Muslim
Ma Clique General in China during the
Republic of China
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era, and was the son of General
Ma Hongbin. Some sources give his birth date as 1901 rather than 1906. He fought against and defeated the Japanese in May 1938 in
Suiyuan province during World War II, and he fought against the Communists in the
Ningxia Campaign, but he defected to the Communists with his father, and led his 81st Corps to cross over to the
communists. He died in
Lanzhou
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in 1972.
Ma Dunjing's grandfather was General
Ma Fulu who died fighting the foreigners in the
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...
in Beijing in 1900. His family moved Ma Fulu's remains in 1995 from Beijing to Linxia County.
Service
*1934 Commanding Officer 205th Regiment, 103rd Brigade, 35th Division
*Commanding Officer 103rd Brigade, 35th Division
*1937–1943 Chief of Staff 81st Army
*1943–1946 General Officer Commanding 35th Division, 81st Army
*1946–1947 General Officer Commanding 81st Division
*1947–1948 Commander in Chief Haigu Army Group
*1948–1949 General Officer Commanding 81st Army
*1949 Revolts against the Nationalist Government
*1949 Joins the
People's Liberation Army
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See also
*
Ma clique
Notes
References
The Generals of WWII, Generals from China, Lieutenant-General Ma Duijing* Hutchings, Graham.
Modern China. First. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
External links
* 民国军阀派系谈 (The Republic of China warlord cliques discussed ) http://www.2499cn.com/junfamulu.htm
1906 births
1972 deaths
Ma clique
Republic of China warlords from Gansu
National Revolutionary Army generals from Gansu
Chinese Nationalist military figures
Members of the Kuomintang
Military personnel of the Republic of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War
People from Linxia
Chinese Muslim generals
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