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The Zhili clique () was one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang clique during the Republic of China's warlord era. This fragmentation followed the death of Yuan Shikai, who was the only person capable of keeping the Beiyang Army together. It was named for the general region of the clique's base of power, Zhili Province, now Hebei. It was lead by Feng Guozhang and later Cao Kun. The Zhili clique participated in with the Anhui clique and the Fengtian clique. These included most prominently the conflicts for the control of Beijing: the Zhili-Anhui War (1920), the First Zhili-Fengtian War (1922), and the Second Zhili-Fengtian War (1924).
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