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Encyclopedia > Beiyang

Beiyang was a province of China. It covered the area of the modern regions of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong in north east China.


For more detailed treatment see Beiyang Army.


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Beiyang Army Information (1777 words)
In the war the Beiyang Fleet, which included two pre-Dreadnought battleships, was overwhelmed by the well-served quick-firing guns of a lighter Japanese fleet.
Disunited, the power of the Beiyang Army was challenged by provincial armies such as Yan Xishan's forces in Shaanxi and Zhang Zuolin's Fengtian clique.
Beiyang Army were defeated by it and the National Revolutionary Army gradually took the dominance in China.
Beiyang Fleet Information (256 words)
Beiyang Fleet (Traditional Chinese: 北洋艦隊, Simplified Chinese: 北洋舰队, Pinyin: Bêiyáng Jiàndùi) was one of the four modernised Chinese navy in the late Qing Dynasty.
Creation of the Beiyang Navy goes back to 1871, when four ships from southern province were shifted north to patrol the northern waters.
In the Battle of Yalu River, the Beiyang Fleet suffered heavy losses against the Japanese and was eventually annihilated in Wei-Hai-Wei.
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