Cheng Biguang

Cheng Biguang
Cheng Biguang
	程璧光
Minister of Navy of the Republic of China
	In office; 30 June 1916 – 24 June 1917
Preceded by	Liu Guanxiong
Succeeded by	Sa Zhenbing
Personal details
Born	1861; Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Qing Dynasty
Died	26 February 1918; Haizhu District, Guangdong, Republic of China
Military service
Allegiance	Qing Dynasty; Republic of China
Branch/service	Imperial Chinese Navy; Republic of China Navy
Commands	Admiral
Battles/wars	First Sino-Japanese War

1925	Yunnan–Guangxi War; May Thirtieth Movement
1925–1926	Anti-Fengtian War; Canton–Hong Kong strike
1926	Zhongshan Warship Incident
1926–1928	Northern Expedition; Nanjing–Wuhan Split; Nationalist-Communist Civil War
1927	Shanghai massacre
1927–1930	Muslim conflict in Gansu
1928	Jinan incident; Huanggutun incident; Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum; Northeast Flag Replacement
1928–1929	Third Red Spears' uprising in Shandong
1929	Chiang-Gui War; Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong (incl. Beijing Revolt); Sino-Soviet conflict
1930	Central Plains War
1930–1932	Sino-Tibetan War / Qinghai–Tibet War
1931–1935	Kumul Rebellion / Soviet invasion of Xinjiang
1932	Han–Liu War
1934	War in Ningxia

1911-1914	Bai Lang Rebellion
1913	Second Revolution
1915	Twenty-One Demands
1915–1916	Empire of China (Yuan Shikai); National Protection War
1916	Death of Yuan Shikai
1917	Manchu Restoration
1917–1922	Constitutional Protection Movement
1917–1929	Golok rebellions
1918–1920	Siberian intervention
1919	Paris Peace Conference; Shandong Problem; May Fourth Movement
1919–1921	Occupation of Outer Mongolia
1920	Zhili–Anhui War
1920–1921	Guangdong–Guangxi War
1920–1926	Spirit Soldier rebellions
1921	1st National CPC Congress
1921–1922	Washington Naval Conference
1922	First Zhili–Fengtian War
1923–1927	First United Front
1924	Second Zhili–Fengtian War; Canton Merchants' Corps Uprising; Beijing Coup

Cheng Biguang (程璧光) (1861－26 February 1918) was a Chinese Admiral from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. He served in the Beiyang Fleet and the Republic of China Navy. 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.

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

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