The NRA branched into three divisions: to the west was Wang Jingwei, who led a column to take Wuhan ; Bai Chongxi's column went east to take Shanghai ; Chiang himself led in the middle route, planning to take Nanjing before pressing ahead to capture Beijing.

During the Northern Expedition, in 1926 in Guangxi, Muslim General Bai Chongxi led his troops in destroying Buddhist temples and smashing idols, turning the temples into schools and Kuomintang party headquarters.

Bai led the anti-religious movement, against superstition.

When the Northern Expedition was complete, Kuomintang Generals led by Chiang Kaishek paid tribute to Dr. Sun's soul in heaven with a sacrificial ceremony at the Xiangshan Temple in Beijing in July 1928, among the Kuomintang Generals present were the Muslim Generals Bai Chongxi and Ma Fuxiang.

When, in 1898, attempts were made to actually collect the tax, they rose up, first in the north, led by a dominant Temne chief called Bai Bureh, and then in Mende country to the south.

The battle, in which Zhao forces are led by Lian Po and Zhao Kuo, while Qin is led by Wang He and Bai Qi, takes place near modern-day Gaoping in Shanxi and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Zhao are executed after the battle.

* The State of Qin, led by commander Bai Qi, wins a decisive victory over the States of Wei and Han in the Battle of Yique.

In 1928, Chinese Muslim General Bai Chongxi led Kuomintang forces to destroy and defeat the Fengtian Clique General Zhang Zongchang, capturing 20, 000 of his 50, 000 troops, almost capturing Zhang himself, who escaped to Manchuria.

In 1928, during the Northern Expedition, General Bai led Kuomintang forces to destroy and defeat the Fengtian Clique General Zhang Zongchang, capturing 20, 000 of his 50, 000 troops and almost capturing Zhang himself, who escaped to Manchuria.

During the Northern Expedition, in 1926 in Guangxi, Bai Chongxi led his troops in destroying Buddhist temples and smashing idols, turning the temples into schools and Kuomintang party headquarters.

Bai led a wave of anti-foreignism in Guangxi, attacking American, European, and other foreigners and missionaries, and generally making the province unsafe for foreigners.

Bai led the anti-religious movement, against superstition.

Liu's success did not end there, he carried out to expand his initial victories over the nationalists by carrying out several campaigns with armies led by Chen Yi and Su Yu, another army led by Chen Geng ( 陈赓 ), to annihilate a great number of KMT troops led by two prominent generals, Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi.

Bai later stated that during her time in Tibet she, along with other female performers, was regularly plied with alcohol and sexually abused by older male Chinese officers, including one instance of rape that led to a pregnancy, which she was forced to terminate with an abortion.

A lifetime of self-fulfilling this prophecy is what led Bai to become a serial one-night stander and lose his ability to love.

In gratitude, Shahu gave the peshwas and the Bhat family unchallenged control over Maratha. The war on succession with Tara Bai led to war with Raghuji Bhonsle ensured Shahu as the successor.

It is said that the Mongols found a traitor who led them over the Cangshan mountains along a secret path, and only in this way were they able to penetrate and overrun the Bai defenders.

Rani Lakshmi Bai, the Queen of Jhansi, led the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British.

# The third group, originally from Shaanxi, led by Bai Yanhu ( 白彦虎 ; also spelt Bo Yanhu ; 1829 (?

In 1928, during the Northern Expedition, Muslim General Bai Chongxi led Kuomintang forces to destroy and defeat the Zhang Zongchang, capturing 20, 000 of his 50, 000 troops, almost capturing Zhang himself, who escaped beyond the Great Wall to Manchuria.

It was reported that almost all of Buddhist monasteries in Guangxi were destroyed by Bai in this manner.

As a Kuomintang member, Bai and the other Guangxi clique members allowed the Communists to continue attacking foreigners and smash idols, since they shared the goal of expelling the foreign powers from China, but they stopped Communists from initiating social change.

General Bai Chongxi, the warlord of Guangxi, and a member of the Kuomintang, presented himself as the protector of Islam in China and harbored Muslim intellectuals fleeing from the Japanese invasion in Guangxi, who preached Chinese nationalism and anti imperialism.

After a brief occupation by Chen Jiongming's Cantonese forces, Guangxi fell into disunity and profound banditry for several years until Li Zongren's Guangxi Pacification Army established the New Guangxi Clique dominated by Li, Huang Shaohong, and Bai Chongxi.

The 1944 Operation Ichi-Go successfully expanded Japanese control along the rail lines through Guangxi into French Indochina, although the line remained harassed by American bombers and Zhuang guerrillas under Bai Chongxi.

After a brief occupation by Chen Jiongming's Cantonese forces, Guangxi fell into disunity and profound banditry for several years until Li Zongren's Guangxi Pacification Army established the New Guangxi Clique dominated by Li, Huang Shaohong, and Bai Chongxi.

The 1944 Operation Ichi-Go successfully expanded Japanese control along the rail lines through Guangxi into French Indochina, although the line remained harassed by American bombers and Zhuang guerrillas under Bai Chongxi.

From the mid-1920s to 1949, Bai and his close ally Li Zongren ruled Guangxi province as regional warlords with their own troops and considerable political autonomy.

Bai was born in Guilin, Guangxi and given the courtesy name Jiansheng ( 健生 ).

At the age of 14, Bai attended the Guangxi Military Cadre Training School in Guilin, a modern-style school run by Cai E to modernize Guangxi's military.

For a time, Bai withdrew from the military school at the request of his family and studied at the civilian Guangxi Schools of Law and Political Science.

Bai rose to fame during the warlord era by allying with Huang Shaohong ( a fellow deputy commander of the Model Battalion of the Guangxi First Division ) and Li Tsung-jen as supporters of the Kuomintang leader Sun Yat-sen.

From 1930 to 1936, Bai was instrumental in the Reconstruction of Guangxi, which became a " model " province with a progressive administration.

In the Long March, Bai Chongxi allowed the Communists to slip through Guangxi.

Bai also directed the Battle of South Guangxi and Battle of Kunlun Pass to retake South Guangxi.

Bai Chongxi decided to follow suit with the mainstream current, and defied Chiang Kai-shek's orders, refusing to battle Communists near the Huai River and demanding that his soldiers which were " lent " be sent back to him, so he could secure his hold province of Guangxi and ignore the central government in Nanjing.

In October, as the Canton fell to the Communists, who were almost in complete control of China, Bai Chongxi still commanded 200, 000 of his elite troops, making a return to Guangxi for a final stand after covering for Canton.

As a Kuomintang member, Bai and the other Guangxi clique members allowed the Communists to continue attacking foreigners and idols, since they shared the goal of expelling the foreign powers from China, but they stopped Communists from initiating social change.

* 1966 – Bai Ling, Chinese American actress

Bai Ling has one older sister Bai Jie ( 白洁 ), who works for the Chinese tax bureau, and a younger brother Bai Chen ( 白陈 ), who emigrated to Japan and works for an American company.

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* Face ( 2002 film ), an American drama film directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan and starring Bai Ling