Tang Xiangming (; 1885–1975), courtesy name Zhuxin (铸新), was a Chinese naval officer. Tang studied Naval warfare in
France and the
United Kingdom
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.
In 1905, he joined the Chinese United League (
Tongmenghui
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). In 1911, during the Wuchang Uprising, Tang, under the command of Admiral
Sa Zhenbing, sailed to
Hankou
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as part of the
Qing Navy's assistance to the Qing Army operations in the area. In December 1915, he supported
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. H ...
's creation of the
Empire of China (1915–1916)
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. After Yuan's death, he supported the
Zhili clique
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until their defeat by the
Fengtian clique
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in the
Second Zhili–Fengtian War
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in 1924. In 1930, he supported Shanxi warlord
Yan Xishan
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in opposing
Chiang Kai-shek
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. In 1933, he became a member of the
China Democratic Socialist Party
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. During the
Second Sino-Japanese War
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, he went to
Chongqing
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. After the end of the
Chinese Civil War, he stayed on the mainland and died in Beijing at the age of 90. He was the younger brother of
Tang Hualong
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.
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1885 births
1975 deaths
Chinese Navy officers
People from Huanggang
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Republic of China warlords from Hubei
Chinese spiritual writers
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Qing dynasty Buddhists
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People of the 1911 Revolution
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Empire of China (1915–1916)