Liu Chih
Liu Chih (pinyin: Liu Zhi; 1892-1972) was a Kuomintang military and political leader in the Republic of China
After service in numerous regional armies, Liu joined the faculty of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 and became a field commander during the Northern Expedition. He was instrumental in suppressing the coup of 1929–30, and expanding KMT military power throughout the 1930s. During WWII he organized the Nationalist government retreat to Chongqing and commanded the wartime capital defenses. Lius anti-Communist forces were routed by the armies of Liu Bocheng and Chen Yi in the epic Huai-hai campaigns of 1948 and 1949. Liu later served in the ROC government after the retreat to Taiwan.
See also: History of the Republic of China