aug 15, 1921 - Tang Returns to Yunnan

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In Guangzhou, Sun Yat-sen initially persuade Tang to serve his national revolution. However, Chen Jiongming convinced Tang that Tang should go back to Yunnan and Chen will support Tang’s campaign. Chen did this mainly because he didn’t want Tang increases Sun Yat-sen’s power and threatens his dominance in Guangdong, also he wanted to enlist Tang in his federalist movement. Lu Rongting wanted to retake Guangdong, but the instability in Sino-Vietnamese border caused by German takeover in Indochina refrained him from doing so, the historical second Guangxi-Guangdong war didn’t break out.

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