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Zhang Zongchang (Chinese: 張宗昌; pinyin: Zhāng Zōngchāng; also romanized as Chang Tsung-chang; 1881 – 3 September 1932), courtesy name Xiaokun, was a Chinese warlord who ruled Shandong from 1925 to 1928. A member of the Fengtian clique, Zhang was notorious for his brutal and ruthless behavior, eccentric personality, and extravagant lifestyle, which earned him nicknames such as the "Dogmeat General"; Time dubbed him China's "basest warlord".[1] Zhang's troops were defeated by the National Revolutionary Army during the Northern Expedition in 1928, and he fled to Japan before returning to Shandong in 1932, where he was assassinated by a young officer. Zhang was born in 1881[2] in Ye County (掖縣, now Laizhou city) in Shandong.[3] His family was poor. Zhang's father worked as a head shaver and trumpeter,[4] and was an alcoholic.[5] His mother was an exorcist[4] and "practicing witch".[5] His parents eventually separated. Zhang stayed with his mother who had taken a new lover.[5] In his teens,

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