| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Leader of the Chinese Communist Party for most of the war | Mao Zedong | 97%
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| Leader of right wing faction of the Kuomintang, eventually becoming Premier of Nationalist China | Chiang Kai-Shek | 95%
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| Lead revolutionary against the monarchy, albeit didn't participate in the Xinhai Revolution | Sun Yat-Sen | 92%
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| Last Emperor of China | Emperor Puyi | 89%
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| Leader of left wing faction of the Kuomintang, established a rival government in Wuhan and eventually defected to the Japanese | Wang Jingwei | 79%
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| Commander of the Beiyang Army and later the self-proclaimed emperor of China | Yuan Shikai | 79%
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| Regent Empress of China | Empress Dowager Cixi | 71%
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| Unpopular leader of the Zhili Clique, was ousted during the Northern Expedition | Sun Chuanfang | 68%
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| Above's right hand man, served temporarily as premier and a skilled negotiator | Zhou Enlai | 68%
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| Former bandit and leader of Northeast China until 1928, when he was assassinated | Zhang Zuolin | 66%
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| Leader of the New Guangxi Clique, a major general under the Kuomintang and later president of the Republic of China | Li Zongren | 63%
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| Leader of the "model province" Shanxi for most of the era | Yan Xishan | 63%
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| Kuomintang general executed for instigating the Xi'an incident | Yang Hucheng | 58%
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| Above leader's son and new leader of the Northeast, was a primary instigator of the Xi'an incident and was placed under house arrest for 40 years | Chang Hseuh-liang | 53%
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| Soviet advisor sent to aid the Kuomintang | Mikhail Borodin | 50%
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