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 * Chaing was forced to resign on January 21, 1949 because of CCP uprisings and victories.
 * Li Tsung-jen (Li Zongren) took over the reins of government as acting president.
 * Li's intended but never implemented Seven Great Peace Policies which were:
 * 1) "Bandit pacification commands" to be controlled by military officers
 * 2) Overly strict orders are to be more lenient
 * 3) Eliminate anti-communist special commando units
 * 4) Release political prisoners
 * 5) Press Freedom
 * 6) Eliminate unusual cruelty in punishment
 * 7) Eliminate arrest of civilians without proper reason
 * Once the GMD had fled to Taiwan after the loss of the Chinese mainland the Judicial Yuan ruled that the National Assembly would continue in power until all-China elections could be held
 * The National assembly was still hoping to hold the southern half of China below the Yangtze.
 * Li attempted to negotiate with the Communists at Beijing but this just increased tensions.
 * Although Li engaged in negotiations with the Communists he was unsuccessful.




 * **Head of State** (President) ||
 * **People's Republic of China** ||
 * 2003– || Hu Jintao ||
 * 1993–2003 || Jiang Zemin ||
 * 1988–93 || Yang Shangkun ||
 * 1983–8 || Li Xiannian (Li Hsien-nien) ||
 * 1978–83 || Ye Jianying ||
 * 1976–8 || Song Qingling ||
 * 1975–6 || Zhu De ||
 * 1968–75 || Dong Biwu ||
 * 1959–68 || Liu Shaoqi ||
 * 1949–59 || Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) ||
 * **__1949__** || **__Li Zongren__** ||
 * 1945–9 || //Civil war// ||
 * 1943–9 || Jiang Jieshi ||
 * 1940–4 || Wang Jingwei //In Japanese-occupied territory// ||
 * 1932–43 || Lin Sen ||
 * 1931–2 || Cheng Mingxu Acting ||
 * 1928–31 || Jiang Jieshi ||
 * 1927–8 || Zhang Zuolin ||
 * 1926–7 || //Civil disorder// ||
 * 1924–6 || Duan Qirui ||
 * 1923–4 || Cao Kun ||
 * 1922–3 || Li Yuanhoung ||
 * 1921–5 || Sun Yixian //Canton Administration// ||
 * 1918–22 || Xu Shichang ||
 * 1917–18 || Feng Gouzhang ||
 * 1916–17 || Li Yuanhoung ||
 * 1912–16 || Yüan Shikai ||
 * 1912 Sun Yixian ||

http://www.republicanchina.org/LiZongren-criticisms.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guangxi_Clique http://www.spock.com/Li-Zongren