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WHO'S WHO IN CHINA

Chao Heng-t'i

趙恆惕字炎

General Chao Heng-t'i was born at Hsiang-t'an Hsien, Hunan Province, in 1880. After graduation from a military school in China, he went to Japan and entered the Military Officers' Academy, taking the coursa in artillery. In November 1908 he was graduated and returned to China. Subsequently General Chao became a commanding Officer in Kuangsi Province. During the First Revolution in 1911-12, he was in Hunan and played an active part as Commander of a Revolutionary Force, as a Kuomintang member. Following the establishment of the Republic in 1912 and the election of Yuan Shih-kai to the Presidency, he went to Peking