Huang Xuchu (; April 27, 1892 – November 18, 1975) was a Chinese politician and warlord, and one of the leaders of the

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. Compared to the other leaders of the clique,

Li Zongren Li Zongren ( zh, c=李宗仁, p=Lǐ Zōngrén; 13 August 1890 – 30 January 1969), also known as Li Tsung-jen, courtesy name Delin (Te-lin; zh, p=Délín), was a Chinese warlord, military commander and politician. He was vice-president an ...

Bai Chongxi Bai Chongxi (18 March 1893 – 2 December 1966; , , Xiao'erjing: ) was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China (ROC) and a prominent leader of the Kuomintang. He was of Hui ethnicity and of the Muslim faith ...

and

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, he was considered the least powerful. Huang was the only one of the four leaders of the clique who did not leave for Taiwan or remain in China following 1949.

Biography

Huang was born in Rong County in 1892. He graduated from the Republic of China Military University, and would later be promoted by Li Zongren. He served as the chairman of the Guangxi Provincial Government from 1942 until its collapse in 1949. He also concurrently served as a member of the Central Committee of the

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for 20 years. On July 19, 1947, the National Government appointed Huang Xuchu as the chairman of the Guangxi Electoral Office; the National Government also appointed him as a representative of the National Assembly and a legislator of the Legislative Yuan. On February 5, 1949,

and Huang Xuchu went to Nanjing to visit Li Zongren. Regarding the peace talks between the Kuomintang and Communists, Li and Bai Chongxi stated that dividing the country between the two factions would be the best outcome, Huang Shaohong believed that dividing the country was not possible. On February 8, Li Zongren ordered Huang Xuchu to deliver a letter from him to Guangzhou for

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and others. On May 25, Li Zongren appointed Huang Xuchu to be appointed as the deputy director of the Guilin Appeasement Office. On December 4, Li Zongren appointed Huang as the Deputy Chief of the Central China Military and Political Office. At the end of the year, entrusted by Li Zongren, he transferred to

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via

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, where he was ordered to secretly contact both the anti-Chiang and anti-Communist forces from

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. Shortly afterwards, Wei Zhitang, former Director of the Finance Department of the Guangxi Provincial Government, relocated to Hong Kong and transferred the entire Guangxi Provincial Treasury into his personal possession. Wei's actions upset Huang, causing him to move to

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, Japan in 1951. Huang Xuchu returned to Hong Kong in 1958 due to lack of funds, and lived in

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. During this time he would sell semi-monthly magazines to make ends meet. At some point he was hired by the Nationalist government in Taiwan as a national policy consultant. He died on November 18, 1975, in Kowloon Baptist Hospital. Hong Kong Business Daily, 1975-12-01 page 8

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Xuchu 1892 births 1975 deaths Chinese anti-communists Chinese military personnel of World War II Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan Members of the Kuomintang People from Yulin, Guangxi