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Ting Chao or Ding Chao (; 1883–1950s) was a military general of the Republic of China, known for his defense of Harbin during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and 1932. ==Biography== General Ting Chao's forces commenced mobilization in November 1931 at the request of Ma Chan-shan. Following the Invasion of Manchuria by the Imperial Japanese Army and the capture of Liaoning and Jilin provinces. Hostilities did not commence in the Harbin area until the end of January 1932 when General Ting Chao resolved to defend the northern metropolis, a key hub of rail and riverine communication, against the approach first of General Xi Qia's "New Kirin" Army and then Japanese troops. He appealed to the city's Chinese residents to join his Jilin Self-Defence Army made of railway garrison troops and other regulars in battle against the Japanese. On 29 January, Ting put the Chief Administrator under house arrest and took possession of the office.〔 Formerly, Ting had been in control of the Railway Guard, with the rank of brigade-general. General Ting was defeated on 5 February 1932 by a force combining Japanese troops and those of General Hai Hsai. Later after Ting Chao's beaten forces retired from Harbin to the northeast down the Sungari River, they joined the Lower Sungari garrison of Gen. Li Du as the nucleus of armed opposition in the north. After his retreat from Harbin he was made Chairman of the Government of Jilin Province, from where he opposed the new puppet government of Manchukuo in their anti-bandit operations of the pacification campaign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ting Chao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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