Provisional Government of Fengtia

The Fengtian Clique was one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang Clique in China's Warlord Era. It was named for Fengtian Province (now Liaoning) and operated from a territorial base comprising the many provinces that made up most of China. It was led by warlord Zhang Zuolin, known as the "Grand Marshall;" it was supported by Japan.