Cai Tingkai 蔡廷鍇 | |
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 Cai Tingkai (In 1930s) | |
| Born | 15 April 1892 |
| Died | 25 April 1968(1968-04-25) (aged 76) |
| Allegiance |  Republic of China People's Republic of China |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | 19th Route Army |
Cai Tingkai (simplified Chinese:蔡廷锴;traditional Chinese:蔡廷鍇;pinyin:Cài Tíngkǎi;Wade–Giles:Ts‘ai4 T‘ing2-k‘ai3;Jyutping:Coi3 Ting4 Kaai2; 1892–1968) was a Chinese general.
Cai was in overall command of the19th Route Army of theRepublic of China'sNational Revolutionary Army and other Chinese forces responsible for holding off theImperial Japanese Army during theShanghai War of 1932 on 28 January 1932. In November 1933 Cai and fellow 19th Route Army officerLi Jishen rebelled against the rulingKuomintang regime and, withJiang Guangnai, established theFujian People's Government on 22 November 1933. However, the rebellion—known as theFujian Incident—did not receiveCommunist support and, on 21 January 1934, it was defeated by the Kuomintang and Cai was forced to leave China for several years.
Later, in theSecond Sino-Japanese War (World War II), Cai returned to command the26th Army Group in theBattle of South Guangxi.[1] He also traveled to theUnited States to gain support fromChinese-Americans for the war effort.
During the final stages of theChinese Civil War Cai supported theChinese Communists and was a signatory of the "Proclamation of the Central People's Government of thePeople's Republic of China" of 1 October 1949.[2]
Cai was originally interred at the Beijing Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery but, since 1997, his remains have been at the Memorial Mausoleum of the Martyrs of Nineteenth Route Army in the Battle Against Japanese Aggressors at North Shanghai.
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