Cheng Biguang

Cheng Biguang was a Chinese Admiral during the warlord era of the Republic of China. When Duan Qirui refused to validate the Constitution Cheng and fellow Admiral Lin Baoyi sailed their fleets down south to join with the 'Constitutional government' of Sun Yat-sen.

Preceded by Liu Guanxiong	Navy Minister of the Republic of China 1916-1917	Succeeded by Sa Zhenbing

Warlord era in early Republic of China (1916–1930)

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

Empire of China (1915–1916) National Protection War (1915–1916) Death of Yuan Shikai (1916) Manchu Restoration (1917) Constitutional Protection Movement (1917–1922) Siberian Intervention (1918–1920) Paris Peace Conference (1919) May Fourth Movement (1919) Occupation of Mongolia (1919–1921)	Zhili–Anhui War (1920) Guangdong–Guangxi War (1920–1921) First Zhili–Fengtian War (1922) Second Zhili–Fengtian War (1924) Beijing coup (1924) Yunnan–Guangxi War (1925) May 30 Movement (1925) Anti–Fengtian War (1925–1926) Northern Expedition (1926–1928) Huánggūtun Incident (1928) Flag Replacement of the Northeast (1928) Central Plains War (1930)	Beiyang Army: Yuan Shikai Anhui clique Zhili clique Regional: Fengtian clique Shanxi clique Guominjun Ma clique Xinjiang clique	Yunnan clique Old Guangxi clique New Guangxi clique Guangdong clique Kuomintang (KMT) Communist Party of China (CPC) Sichuan clique