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General Chang Kuang-chien was born at Hofei Hsien, Anhui Province, in 1867. He was a mandarin in Ching Regime, and in November 1911 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor or Financial Commissioner of Shantung and also Superintendent of the Government Granary. In January 1912 he was appointed acting Governor of Shantung and was ordered to hold concurrently the position of Provincial Commander-in-Chief. In March of the same year he was summoned to Peking and in December 1912 he was appointed Governor of the Metropolitan District. In September 1913 he was transferred to the Frontier Commissioner of Shensi and Kansu. In March 1924 General Chang was appointed acting Mingchengchang (Civil Governor) and Tutu (Military Commissioner) of Kansu and was made a Major General. In May 1914 the Mingchen-chang was changed into Hsunanshih and in June 1914 Tutu in to Chiang-chun. He therefore was Mingcheng Chang and Chiangchun, directing military affairs of Kansu. In July 1916 another change of these title names was effected and General Chang was