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Colonel P. C. Pao was born at Wan-Hsien, Chihli Province, in 1889. He received his preliminary military education at the Yaocheng Military Academy, where he began his training in 1905. In April 1907, Major Pao was sent by the Ministry of War to take up a course in military training in France where he stayed for six years, receiving the pilot's certificate of the International Aero Union in 1913. In April 1914, Major Pao was asked to return to China and served as adjutant on the General Staff as well as instructor in aviation at the Government Aviation School. In