| A | B |
|---|
| Pu Yi | Last Qing Emperor |
| Sun Yatsen | Founder and leader of Guomindang 1912 - 1925 |
| Chiang Kaishek | Leader of the Guomindang National government from 1928 |
| Michael Borodin | Comintern advisor to the GMD and CCP |
| Li Lisan | Chairman of CCP Central Committee 1929-30 and favoured failed urban strategy |
| Mao Zedong | CCP leader from 1935 and leader of China from 1949 |
| Zhang Xueliang | Manchurian warlord who arranged the kidnapping of Chiang in 1936 |
| Zhu De | Commander of the Red Army |
| General Stillwell | United States wartime advisor to Chiang |
| Yuan Shikai | President of Chinese Republic 1912 - 1916 |
| Zhou Enlai | CCP leader who negotiated at the Xian Incident |
| Lin Bao | CCP General who masterminded the Communist military success in Manchuria |
