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Dec 08, 1900 Lujiang County, Anhui, China Died on 19 Nov 1990 (aged 89)
Chinese general and politician
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- Sun Li-jen (traditional Chinese: ???; simplified Chinese: ???; pinyin: Sun Lìrén) (December 8, 1900 – November 19, 1990) KBE was a Chinese Nationalist (KMT) general, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War.
- His military achievements earned him the laudatory nickname "Rommel of the East".
- His New First Army was known as the "Best Army under heaven" and credited with effectively confronting Japanese troops in the 1937 Battle of Shanghai and in the Burma Campaign, 1943–1944. Perhaps because of his foreign military training, he did not have the full confidence of Chiang Kai-shek.
- Sun was relieved of battle command in the Chinese Civil War in 1946, and although he was made Commander in Chief in 1950 after the retreat of the Nationalist central government to Taiwan province, he was given only ceremonial roles.
- He was charged with conspiracy in 1955 and spent his last thirty years under virtual house arrest. He was also known as Sun Chung-neng (???, Sun Zhòngnéng) and had the courtesy name Sun Fu-min (???, Sun Fumín).
