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Gansu is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River , east of Shaanxi , even Xinjiang in the west , and plays a the barrier Shaanxi and pillar Xinjiang role , location is very important . The early Republic , during the reign of the Northern Warlords , Ningxia , Qinghai, not yet a province , Ningxia Road , Xining Road are part of Gansu Xingzhi . Therefore , Gansu become the largest province in the northwest , and is also the central government control hub of the land in the Northwest ( mainly in Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai ) , has a very important strategic position . Gansu there is more than remote , multi-ethnic , multi-religious characteristics , and more remote geographical location at the upper reaches of the Yellow River , rich in natural resources , the climate is harsh and inaccessible , economically and culturally backward , away from the national political and cultural center , multi-ethnic territory inhabited Nationalities of Han, Hui, Mongolian , Tibetan, Salar, Dongxiang , security, etc. ; multi-religious means beliefs of Tibetan Lamaism faith Islam Hui , the local warlords easy to form and maintain some degree of separatist state . Especially in the early days of the Republic , the Qing Dynasty had just overthrow , when still in the establishment of a new political order , domestic factional warlords year after melee turf battles and power brought untold sufferings to the people . In this historical context , Gansu various military and political factions around Gan Governor many times to start competing , triggering a conflict between the various military blocs , expand the extraordinarily complex , fierce struggle . Including the deal with the contest between the northern warlords , the local forces , the Qing the royalist restoration of forces , democracy progressive people throughout the back , during the Han ethnic contradictions ( the Hui uprising ) Tongzhi years triggered back , the struggle between the Han warlords . Showing a complex situation , so in the early Republic 's the Gansu military and political factions behind this series of contradictions , reflecting social conditions and political and economic situation of the early Republic
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