General pang qingyun biography of barack

  • The warlords
  • Battle of changsha
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    Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume IV, Vietnam, August–December 1963

    284. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State1

    Saigon, November 3, 1963, 7 p.m.

    900. CINCPAC for POLAD. General Don and General Kim called at 3 o’clock. (They explained that General “Big” Minh was tied up in conference with V.P. Tho.) After my congratulations on their masterful performance and my offer of assistance they asked me if inom had any questions.

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    I asked whether they were planning a statement which would absolve themselves from the assassination of Diem and Nhu. They had not thought of making statement, but uppenbart agreed that they should make it clear that they had offered Diem safe del out of the country if he would resign; that they deeply deplored the assassination; that the assassination had not only not been in any way ordered by them but was contrary to their wishes and was, unfortunately, the kind of thing which will happen in a c
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    Pang Bingxun

    In this Chinese name, the family name is Pang.

    Pang Bingxun 庞炳勋

    General Pang Bingxun

    Nickname(s)Pang The Undead
    Born(1879-10-25)25 October 1879
    Xinhe County, Hebei, China
    Died12 January 1963(1963-01-12) (aged 83)
    Taipei, Taiwan
    AllegianceRepublic of China
    Nanjing Government
    Service / branchNational Revolutionary Army
    Years of service1900–1949
    RankGeneral
    UnitNorthwestern Army
    Commands39th division, 3rd army, 40th corps, 24th army group, provincial governor of Hebei
    Battles / warsXinhai Revolution, Zhili–Anhui War, First Zhili–Fengtian War, Beijing Coup, Second Zhili–Fengtian War, Anti-Fengtian War, Northern Expedition, Central Plains War, Defense of the Great Wall, Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–1936), Third encirclement campaign against the Shaanxi–Gansu Soviet, Battle of Beiping–Tianjin, Battle of Taierzhuang, Battle of South Shanxi, Handan Campaign
    AwardsOrder of Blue Sky and White Su

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    Jet Li goes to war

    Could the martial arts costume drama 'The Warlords' herald a new direction in big budget Chinese-language flicks? One can only hope

    • By Ian Bartholomew / STAFF REPORTER

    Peter Chan's (陳可辛) big-budget costume drama The Warlords is something of a revelation after the succession of recent Chinese history flicks that have tried to rival Hollywood and been found wanting.

    Trashy confections such as Zhang Yimou's (張藝謀) Heroes (英雄), Chen Kaige's (陳凱歌) The Promise (無極) and Stanley Tong's (唐季禮) The Myth (神話) come to mind with a shudder of shame and despair over how so much talent could be so misdirected. The Warlords is anything but perfect, but at least it remains committed to its story about brotherhood, the horrors of war and the price paid for ambition, managing to overcome its numerous lapses and hold the audience by the balls through its two-hour length. It's not always a comfortable feeling.

    Loosely based on historical characters, The Wa