Ma Hongbin
Ma Hongbin (September 14, 1884 – October 21, 1960), was a prominent muslim Ma clique warlord in China during the Republic of China era. He was the acting Chairman of Gansu and Ningxia Provinces for a short period.[3]
Life
Ma was born in Hanchiachi village, in Linxia, Gansu, China. He was the son of Ma Fulu who died in 1900 when fighting against the foreigners in the Boxer Rebellion.[4][5] As a nephew of Ma Fuxiang, he followed him and later Feng Yuxiang into the army. He and Ma Fuxiang protected a Catholic mission in Sandaohe from attacks by the Gelaohui, and he received the Order of Leopold (Belgium)[6] Upon his cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek, he was named commander of the 22nd Division, 24th Army, within the National Revolutionary Army. He was governor of Ningxia from 1921 to 1928 and chairman of the government of Ningxia in 1930. However, Ma Hongbin developed and consequently lost a power struggle with his cousin Ma Hongkui, a fact that was exploited by Chiang Kai-shek to his own advantage by preventing Ma Hongbin from total defeat. In 1930, Chiang named Ma Hongbin as the Chairman of the Provincial Council of Gansu, a post he held until 1931. However, Ma Hongbin only had very limited control, as the actual control of Gansu was mostly in his cousin Ma Zhongying's hands. Even after Ma Zhongying's departure to former-USSR in July , 1934, most local troops remaining and population was still loyal to Ma Zhongying. During Ma Hongbin's rise to power, together with his brother Ma Hongkui and cousins Ma Bufang and Ma Buqing, they were instrumental in help another cousin of theirs, Ma Zhongying, to prevail in Gansu, because they did not want Ma Zhongying to compete with them in their own turfs, so they encouraged and supported Ma Zhongying to develop his own power base in other regions such as Gansu and Xinjiang.
The Japanese planned to invade Ningxia from Suiyuan in 1939 and create a Hui Muslim puppet state. The next year in 1940, the Japanese were defeated militarily by Ma Hongbin, who caused the plan to collapse. Ma Hongbin's Hui Muslim troops launched further attacks against Japan in the Battle of West Suiyuan.[7][8]
He became the commander of the 81st Corps during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. In 1940 at the Battle of Wuyuan, Ma Hongbin led the 81st Corps against the Japanese. The Japanese were defeated by the Chinese Muslim forces and Wuyuan was retaken. Throughout the war, Ma Hongbin continued military operations against the Japanese and their Mongolian allies.
Ma Hongbin's army was clan centered and feudal. In his 81st corps, his chief of staff was his brother in law, Ma Chiang-liang.[9]
The American Asiatic Association reported that he commanded the eighty fourth Army corps.[10]
After the war, he became a senior adviser within the Northwestern Army Headquarters. When his cousin Ma Hongkui resigned from his positions and fled to Taiwan, those positions where transferred to Ma Hongbin. In 1949 during the Chinese Civil War, when the People's Liberation Army was approaching the northwest, Ma Hongbin and his son Ma Dunjing led his 81st Corps to cross over to the communist.[11] He was named vice-chairman (later restyled vice-governor) of Gansu province. He was also vice-director of the Commission of Ethnic Affairs as well as a member of the National Defense Commission of the People's Republic of China. He died in Lanzhou in 1960.
Family
Ma Hongbin's father was Ma Fulu, and his cousin was Ma Hongkui.[12][13] His uncles were Ma Fuxiang, Ma Fushou, and Ma Fucai. His grandfather was Ma Qianling.
Ma Hongkui's son was General Ma Dunjing (1906–1972), two of his nephews were Generals Ma Tung-hou and Ma Dunjing (1910–2003).
Career
- 1921 - 1928 Governor of Ningxia Province
- 1928 - ? Commander of the 22nd Division
- 1930 Chairman of the Government of Ningxia Province
- 1930 - 1931 Chairman of the Provincial Council of Gansu
- 1938 - 1945 General Officer Commanding 81st Corps
- 1940 - 1941 Commander in Chief 17th Army Group
- Deputy Commander- in-chief of the XVnth Group Army
See also
References
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- ^ Ann Heylen (2004). Chronique du Toumet-Ortos: looking through the lens of Joseph Van Oost, missionary in Inner Mongolia (1915-1921). Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. p. 203. ISBN 9058674185. http://books.google.com/books?id=WSl5cl_wt24C&pg=PA203&dq=ma+fuxiang+gelaohui&hl=en&ei=14QbTOG_CoGClAeewrW_CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=ma%20fuxiang%20gelaohui&f=false. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
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- ^ Jonathan Neaman Lipman (2004). Familiar strangers: a history of Muslims in Northwest China. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 169. ISBN 9050295976446. http://books.google.com/books?id=90CN0vtxdY0C&pg=PA169&dq=ma+fulu+and+four+cousins&hl=en&ei=G1MiTKXvJ4P7lwewobh6&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ma%20fulu%20and%20four%20cousins&f=false. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ American Asiatic Association (1940). Asia: journal of the American Asiatic Association, Volume 40. Asia Pub. Co.. p. 660. http://books.google.com/books?ei=AA7HTfcyh9qAB6Le4MoE&ct=result&id=CKc5AQAAIAAJ&dq=while+Ma+Hung-pin%2C+the+Commander+of+the+Eighty-fourth+Army+Corps%2C+is+the+son+of+Ma+Fu-lu.+And+all+these+Ma%27s+come+from+Hanchiachi.+Governor+Ma+Hung-k%27uei+is+a&q=Hung-pin+son. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
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- ^ Xiaoyuan Liu (2004). Frontier passages: ethnopolitics and the rise of Chinese communism, 1921-1945. Stanford University Press. p. 131. ISBN 0804749604. http://books.google.com/books?id=mpqApZWrJyIC&dq=battle+of+suiyuan+ma&q=suiyuan#v=onepage&q=ma%20hongbin%20japanese%20plot&f=false. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ The China monthly review, Volumes 80-81. J.W. Powell. 1937. p. 320. http://books.google.com/books?ei=qm_sTavcGIObtwfE6aTCAQ&ct=result&id=foATAAAAIAAJ&dq=31000+Mohammedan+troops+%28Kansu%2C+Ninghsia%2C+Chinghai%29+40000+Communist+army+%28Kansu&q=Mohammedan. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ Aleksandr I͡Akovlevich Kali͡agin, Aleksandr I︠A︡kovlevich Kali︠a︡gin (1983). Along alien roads. East Asian Institute, Columbia University. p. 29. ISBN 091341803X. http://books.google.com/books?id=O_pwAAAAMAAJ&q=The+armies+of+the+generals+Ma+were+typical+feudal+forces,+with+feudal+customs+and+bonds.+For+example,+General+Ma+Hung-pin+commanded+the+81st+Army.+His+chief+of+staff+was+his+wife's+brother,+Ma+Chiang-liang%3B+the+commander+of+the+35th&dq=The+armies+of+the+generals+Ma+were+typical+feudal+forces,+with+feudal+customs+and+bonds.+For+example,+General+Ma+Hung-pin+commanded+the+81st+Army.+His+chief+of+staff+was+his+wife's+brother,+Ma+Chiang-liang%3B+the+commander+of+the+35th&hl=en&ei=MJ6qTLLZEcT38Aa4hJD-Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ American Asiatic Association (1940). Asia: journal of the American Asiatic Association, Volume 40. Asia Pub. Co.. p. 660. http://books.google.com/books?ei=AA7HTfcyh9qAB6Le4MoE&ct=result&id=CKc5AQAAIAAJ&dq=while+Ma+Hung-pin%2C+the+Commander+of+the+Eighty-fourth+Army+Corps%2C+is+the+son+of+Ma+Fu-lu.+And+all+these+Ma%27s+come+from+Hanchiachi.+Governor+Ma+Hung-k%27uei+is+a&q=Hung-pin+son. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
- ^ United States. Joint Publications Research Service (1984). China report: economic affairs, Issues 92-97. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. p. 34. http://books.google.com/books?ei=ChY-TKmFEIL88AbqzbSnBg&ct=result&id=FBcsAAAAMAAJ&dq=ma+dunjing&q=ma+dunjing. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
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Ma, Hongbin |
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Date of birth |
September 14, 1884 |
Place of birth |
Linxia County, Gansu |
Date of death |
October 21, 1960 |
Place of death |
Lanzhou, Gansu |