Background
Gen. Ma was born in Hochow, Kansu, China in 1909. Hewas born of a well-known Mohammedan family and has been much respected by the Mohammedan population in the Northwest, particularly in Kansu and Sinkiang.
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Gen. Ma was born in Hochow, Kansu, China in 1909. Hewas born of a well-known Mohammedan family and has been much respected by the Mohammedan population in the Northwest, particularly in Kansu and Sinkiang.
Chung-ying Ma entered army service at age of 15 served successively as battalion commander and regimental commander promoted Commander of the newly organised 36th Division in Sinkiang in 1933. When Chairman Chin Shu-jen of Sinkiang was overthrown by the Mohammedan tribes in the spring of 1933, he marched from Kansu into Sinkiang and took over control of that province. However, soon Gen. Sheng Shi-tsai, a Manchurian Commander, with the Manchurian troops repatriated from Russia rose to oppose him and a war of rivalry for the mastery over Sinkiang ensued in the summer of 1934, during which his Mohammedan forces on many occasions threatened to capture Tihua, capital of Sinkiang, but each time they were repulsed intermittent fighting between him and Gen. Sheng in Sinkiang lasted for a considerable time. Finally, in July, 1934, he was defeated by Gen. Sheng's troops and was forced to take refuge in Soviet Russia. He and the remnants of his troops were disarmed by the Soviet authorities and interned in Russia. He returned to China in 1934.