Template:Warlord era

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Main events (1916–1920)	Main events (1920–1930)	Northern Factions	Southern Factions

Twenty-One Demands Empire of China (1915–1916) National Protection War Death of Yuan Shikai (1916) Manchu Restoration (1917) Constitutional Protection War Paris Peace Conference (1919) May Fourth Movement (1919)	Zhili-Anhui War (1920) Guangdong-Guangxi War (1920–1921) First Zhili-Fengtian War (1922) Second Zhili-Fengtian War (1924) Beijing coup (1924) May 30 Movement (1925) Anti-Fengtian War (1925-1926) Northern Expedition (1926–1928) Huánggūtun Incident (1928) Flag Replacement of the Northeast Central Plains War (1930)	Beiyang Army: Yuan Shikai Anhui clique Zhili clique Fengtian clique Regional: Shanxi clique Guominjun Ma clique Xinjiang clique	Yunnan clique Old Guangxi Clique New Guangxi Clique Guandong clique Kuomintang (KMT) Sichuan clique