Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (born 1895)

Sheng Shicai

Chinese warlord (1895–1970)

Sheng Shicai was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944. Sheng's rise to power started with a coup d'état in 1933 when he was appointed the duban of Xinjiang. The Soviet era ended in 1942, when Sheng approached the Nationalist Chinese government, but still…