2) Huangpu, city, China. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Huangpu is economically a part of Guangzhou. The Huangpu (Whampoa) Military Academy, founded there in 1924 as a Kuomintang training center, was organized by Chiang...

3) Lin Biao. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Lin Biao, or Lin Piao (both: lin byou) (KEY) , 1908-71, Chinese Communist general and political leader. Lin was trained at Whampoa Academy, and during the Northern...

4) Chen Yi. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Chen Yi, (chun ye) (KEY) , 1901-72, Chinese Communist general and statesman. Chen was a political instructor (1925) in the Kuomintang Whampoa Military Academy. After...

5) Zhou Enlai. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Zhou Enlai, or Chou En-lai (both: jo en-li) (KEY) , 1898-1976, Chinese Communist leader. A member of a noted Mandarin family, he was educated in China at an American-supported...

6) Chiang Kai-shek. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Chiang Kai-shek, (jyang ki-shek, jyang) (KEY) , 1887-1975, Chinese Nationalist leader. He was also called Chiang Chung-cheng. 1After completing military training...

7) Sun Yat-sen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sun Yat-sen, (soon yat-sen) (KEY) , Mandarin Sun Wen, 1866-1925, Chinese revolutionary. He was born near Guangzhou into a farm-owning family. He attended (1879-82)...