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Second in Command is a 2006 American action film starring Jean - Claude ___MASK34___ Damme and directed by Simon Fellows . The film was released on direct - to - DVD in the United States on May 2 , 2006 . Fujian ( pronounced ), formerly romanised as Foken , Fouken , Fukien , and Hokkien , is a province on the southeast coast of mainland ___MASK100___ . Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north , Jiangxi to the west , and Guangdong to the south . The name Fujian came from the combination of ___MASK58___ and Jianzhou ( a former name for Jian ' ou ) two cities in Fujian , during the Tang dynasty . While its population is chiefly of Han origin , it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in ___MASK100___ . ___MASK15___ ( ___MASK54___ : Kongsi ) is a province in the People ' s Republic of ___MASK100___ , located in the southeast of the country . Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into hillier areas in the south and east , it shares a border with Anhui to the north , Zhejiang to the northeast , Fujian to the east , Guangdong to the south , Hunan to the west , and Hubei to the northwest . ___MASK100___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK100___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK100___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK100___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . ___MASK41___ is a landlocked province of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK100___ located in the eastern region of the country . Located across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River , it borders Jiangsu to the east , Zhejiang to the southeast , Jiangxi to the south , Hubei to the southwest , Henan to the northwest , and Shandong for a short section in the north . The provincial capital is Hefei . ___MASK35___ , formerly romanized as Hangchow , is the capital and ___MASK50___ populous city of ___MASK47___ Province in east ___MASK100___ . It sits at the head of ___MASK35___ Bay , which separates Shanghai and Ningbo . ___MASK35___ grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of the ___MASK50___ renowned and prosperous cities in ___MASK100___ for much of the last millennium , due in part to its beautiful natural scenery . The city ' s West Lake is its best - known attraction . The Kuomintang ( or ; KMT ), often translated as the Nationalist Party of ___MASK100___ or Chinese Nationalist Party , also spelled as Guomindang ( GMD ) by its Pinyin transliteration , is a major political party in the Republic of ___MASK100___ , currently the second - largest in the country . In the history of Europe , the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century . It began with the fall of the Western ___MASK75___ Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery . The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history : classical antiquity , the medieval period , and the modern period . The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early , High , and Late Middle Ages . ___MASK19___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of ___MASK19___ ") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern ___MASK64___ . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the ___MASK64___ Mainland ( east of ___MASK100___ , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East ___MASK100___ Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . The Northern Expedition , was a Kuomintang ( KMT ) military campaign , led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai - shek , from 1926  28 . Its main objective was to unify ___MASK100___ under its own control by ending the rule of the Beiyang government as well as the local warlords . It led to the end of the Warlord Era , the reunification of ___MASK100___ in 1928 and the establishment of the ___MASK36___ government . A county - level municipality , county - level city , or county city is a county - level administrative division of mainland ___MASK100___ . County - level cities are usually governed by prefecture - level divisions , but a few are governed directly by province - level divisions . The ___MASK46___ was the ruling dynasty of ___MASK100___  then known as the  for 276 years ( 1368  1644 ) following the collapse of the Mongol - led Yuan dynasty . The Ming , described by some as " one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history ," was the last imperial dynasty in ___MASK100___ ruled by ethnic Han Chinese . Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng ( who established the Shun dynasty , soon replaced by the Manchu - led Qing dynasty ), regimes loyal to the Ming throne  collectively called the Southern Ming  survived until 1683 . Lieutenant general , lieutenant - general and similar ( abbrev Lt Gen , LTG and similar ) is a three - star military rank ( NATO code OF - 8 ) used in many countries . The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages , where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second in command on the battlefield , who was normally subordinate to a captain general . Lieutenant General Dai Li ( Tai Li ; Chinese :  ; pinyin : Dài Lì ; Wade -- Giles : Tai4 Li4 ; May 28 , 1897 - ___MASK63___ 17 , 1946 ) was born Dai Chunfeng ( Tai Chun - feng ;  ) with the courtesy name of Yunong ( Yu - nung ;  ) in Bao ' an , Jiangshan of ___MASK49___ ___MASK100___ ' s Zhejiang province . He studied at the Whampoa Military Academy , where Chiang Kai - shek served as Chief Commandant , and later became head of Chiang ' s Military Intelligence Service . Sun Yat - sen ( 12 November 1866  12 ___MASK63___ 1925 ) was a Chinese physician , writer , philosopher , calligrapher and revolutionary , the first president and founding father of the Republic of ___MASK100___ . As the foremost pioneer of the Republic of ___MASK100___ , Sun is referred to as the " Father of the Nation " in the Republic of ___MASK100___ ( ROC ), Hong Kong , Macau and the " forerunner of democratic revolution " in People ' s Republic of ___MASK100___ ( PRC ). Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the years leading up to the Xinhai Revolution . He was appointed to serve as Provisional President of the Republic of ___MASK100___ when it was founded in 1912 . He later co - founded the Nationalist Party of ___MASK100___ , serving as its first leader . Sun was a uniting figure in post - Imperial ___MASK100___ , and he remains unique among 20th - century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait . The ___MASK94___ Coup of 20 March 1926 , also known as the or the was a purge of Communist elements of the Nationalist army in Guangzhou ( then romanized as " ___MASK94___ ") undertaken by Chiang Kai - shek . The incident solidified Chiang ' s power immediately before the successful Northern Expedition , turning him into the paramount leader of the country . The ___MASK49___ , officially the Great Qing , also called the Qing Empire or the Manchu dynasty , was the last ___MASK59___ dynasty of ___MASK100___ , ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief , abortive restoration in 1917 . It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of ___MASK100___ . The Qing multi - cultural empire lasted almost three centuries and formed the territorial base for the modern Chinese state . ___MASK23___ (": Zånhae " ), often abbreviated as Hu or Shen , is one of the four direct - controlled municipalities of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK100___ . It is the most populous city proper in the world , with a population of more than 24 million . It is a global financial centre and transport hub , with the world ' s busiest container port . Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East ___MASK100___ , ___MASK23___ sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast . The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north , south and west , and is bounded to the east by the East ___MASK100___ Sea . ___MASK77___ , formerly romanized as Kiangsu , is an eastern - ___MASK92___ coastal province of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK100___ , one of the leading provinces in manufacturing electronics and apparel items , with its capital in ___MASK36___ . ___MASK77___ is the third smallest , but the fifth most populous and the most densely populated of the 23 provinces of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK100___ . ___MASK77___ has the second - highest GDP of Chinese provinces , after Guangdong . ___MASK77___ borders Shandong in the north , Anhui to the west , and Zhejiang and Shanghai to the south . ___MASK77___ has a coastline of over along the Yellow Sea , and the Yangtze River passes through the southern part of the province . Chiang Kai - shek ( October 31 , 1887  April 5 , ___MASK72___ ), also romanized as Jiang Jieshi and known as Jiang Zhongzheng , was a Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of ___MASK100___ between 1928 and ___MASK72___ . Chiang was an influential member of the Kuomintang ( KMT ), the Chinese Nationalist Party , and was a close ally of Sun Yat - sen ' s . He became the Commandant of the Kuomintang ' s Whampoa Military Academy and took Sun ' s place as leader of the KMT , following the Canton Coup in early 1926 . Having neutralized the party ' s left wing , Chiang then led Sun ' s long - postponed Northern Expedition , conquering or reaching accommodations with ___MASK100___ ' s many warlords . The East ___MASK100___ Sea is a marginal sea east of ___MASK100___ . The East ___MASK100___ Sea is a part of the Pacific Ocean and covers an area of roughly . To the east lies the Japanese islands of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands , to the south lies the South ___MASK100___ Sea , and to the west by the Asian continent . The sea connects with the Sea of Japan through the Korea Strait and opens to the north into the Yellow Sea . The sovereign states which border the sea include South Korea , Japan , the Republic of ___MASK100___ ( Taiwan ) and the People ' s Republic of ___MASK100___ . The , known in Japanese as the and also known as the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from ___MASK62___ to Taiwan : the sumi , Tokara , Amami , ___MASK16___ , and Sakishima Islands ( further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands ), with Yonaguni the southernmost . The larger are mostly high islands and the smaller ones are mostly coral islands . The largest of the islands is ___MASK16___ . Jiangshan is a county - level city located in Quzhou prefecture , ___MASK47___ Province , ___MASK100___ . Located about 250 kilometers southwest of Hangzhou , the provincial capital , it is the only county - level city in the prefecture . In 1999 , Jiangshan ' s population stood at 563 , 196 . The city is named aptly : Jiang means river and Shan means mountain ; a river runs through the city and scenic Mt . Jianglang sits on its border . , formerly romanized as Chekiang , is an eastern coastal province of ___MASK100___ . Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north , Anhui province to the northwest , Jiangxi province to the west , and Fujian province to the south ; to the east is the East ___MASK100___ Sea , beyond which lie the Ryukyu Islands of Japan . In early European sources , based on accounts by French missionaries , the name of Quzhou ( Fu ) was transcribed in the contemporary French manner , as Kyu - tcheou - fou or Kiu - tcheou - fou . History . During the Southern Song dynasty the descendant of Confucius at ___MASK45___ , the Duke Yansheng Kong Duanyou fled south with the Song Emperor to Quzhou , while the newly established Jin dynasty ( 1115  1234 ) in the north appointed Kong Duanyou ' s brother Kong Duancao who remained in ___MASK45___ as Duke Yansheng . From that time up until the Yuan dynasty , there were two Duke Yanshengs , once in the north in ___MASK45___ and the other in the south at Quzhou . An invitation to come back to ___MASK45___ was extended to the southern Duke Yansheng Kong Zhu by the Yuan dynasty Emperor Kublai Khan . The title was taken away from the southern branch after Kong Zhu rejected the invitation , so the northern branch of the family kept the title of Duke Yansheng . The southern branch still remained in Quzhou where they lived to this day . Confucius ' s descendants in Quzhou alone number 30 , 000 . The Hanlin Academy rank of Wujing boshi  was awarded to the southern branch at Quzhou by a Ming Emperor while the northern branch at ___MASK45___ held the title Duke Yansheng . Kong Ruogu  aka Kong Chuan (  ) 47th generation was claimed to be the ancestor of the Southern branch after Kong Zhu died by Northern branch member Kong Guanghuang . The leader of the southern branch is  Kong Xiangkai .