Background and career
He Yingqin (traditional Chinese: 何應欽; simplified Chinese: 何应钦; pinyin: Hé Yìngqīn; Wade–Giles: Ho2 Ying4-ch‘in1; April 2, 1890 – October 21, 1987) also Ho Ying-chin, was a Chinese politician and one of the most senior generals of the Kuomintang (KMT) during Nationalist China, and a close ally of Chiang Kai-shek. A graduate of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and an early leader at the Whampoa Military Academy, he served as Chief of Staff, Minister of War (1930–1944), and Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army during World War II. He formally accepted Japan’s surrender in Nanjing in 1945 and briefly served as Premier of the Republic of China in 1949 before retreating with the Nationlist government to Taiwan, where he served as a senior presidential advisor until his death.

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