About Yang Aiyuan
Lived 1886 – 1959 (aged 72–73). Yang Aiyuan was a politician.
Yang Aiyuan (楊愛源) (1887 – 2 January 1959) was a KMT general from Shanxi. From 1928 to 1930, Yang was the first chairman of the government of Chahar, a newly formed province of the Republic of China. In 1937, as a general of the KMT, he played an active part in the Battle of Taiyuan and the Battle of Xinkou. He died in 1959 in Taiwan.
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Who was Yang Aiyuan?
Chinese military general
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Yang Aiyuan was born in 1886 in Wutai County.
When did Yang Aiyuan die?
Yang Aiyuan died in 1959 in Taipei.
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Yang Aiyuan was a politician.
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