Ma Dunjing (1910–2003)

{{Short description|Republic of China general}}

{{Distinguish|Ma Dunjing (1906–1972)}}

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{{Family name hatnote|Ma|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox military person

| name = Ma Dunjing
馬敦靜

| birth_date = 2 January 1910

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|09|03|1910|01|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Linxia County, Gansu, China

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

| image =

| caption = Lieutenant-General Ma Dunjing

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| allegiance = {{flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=Republic of China}}

| serviceyears = 1926–1949

| branch = {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|army}} National Revolutionary Army

| rank = Major General

| commands =

| unit = Ma clique

| battles = *Second Sino-Japanese War

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}}

Ma Dunjing (Xiao'erjing: {{lang|zh-Arab|مَا دٌڭِئٍ}}, {{zh|s=马敦静|t=馬敦靜|p=Mǎ Dūnjìng|w=Ma Tun-ching|first=t}}; 2 January 1910 – 3 September 2003) was a prominent Chinese general of the Republic of China era and the son of General Ma Hongkui, who ruled the northwestern province of Ningxia. Born to a Hui family in 1910 in Gansu, he served as an official in his father's Ningxia government.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDxtAAAAMAAJ&q=ma+dunjing|title=Annals, Volumes 1-5|author=Association for Asian Studies. Southeast Conference|year=1979|publisher=The Conference|page=61|access-date=2010-06-28}} During World War II, he was a General in the National Revolutionary Army. He was a member of the Kuomintang, and fought against the Chinese communist party during the Ningxia Campaign. He fled to Taiwan in 1949, then to Los Angeles in the U.S. with his father in 1950. He was appointed to the Recovery of the Mainland Research Commission in 1954 and he died in the U.S. in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Ma_Dongjing/_/China.html|title=The Generals of WWII Generals from China Ma Dongjing|author=Steen Ammentorp |date=2000–2009|access-date=31 October 2010}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.360doc.com/content/11/0917/16/112480_149020067.shtml |title=民国少数民族将军(组图)2 – 360Doc个人图书馆 |access-date=30 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214124815/http://www.360doc.com/content/11/0917/16/112480_149020067.shtml |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=dead }} His older brother was Ma Dunhou (Ma Tun-hou, misspelled as Ma Tung-hou) 馬敦厚 and his younger brother was Ma Dunren (Ma Tun-jen) 馬敦仁.[http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/bitstream/140.119/33588/11/15301511.pdf 甘、寧、青三馬家族世系簡表]

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References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721194243/http://blog.stnn.cc/lemanhb/Efp_Bl_1002284038.aspx 马敦静 (1910–2003)]
  • [http://www.generals.dk/nation/China.html The Generals of World War II, Generals from China]
  • Hutchings, Graham. Modern China. First. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-674-01240-2}}