Biography
Liu was born into a peasant family in Jiangxi province in 1892. His parents died when he was young and he was raised by his grandfather. He was educated in a local school before travelling to Japan to receive advanced education. When the Japanese government started to expel Chinese students on behalf of the Manchurian imperial government, he return to China and enrolled in military academies in Wuhan. In 1914 he entered the Baoding Military Academy and after services 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 became friends with many important allies of Generallissimo Chiang Kai Shek and they proved to be extremely helpful to his rise in the KMT government.
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