Qiu Qingquan

Who was Qiu Qingquan?

Qiu Qinquan, was a ROC Army general who excelled himself in Northern Expedition, anti-communist Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War, and Chinese Civil War. In the Huaihai Campaign, which was determining battle of the Chinese Civil War, he failed to save General Huang Baitao's 7th army and later committed suicide on the battlefield.

Gen. Qiu is the official namesake of Ching Chuan Kang AB, a large air base in Taichung, Taiwan, and was once used by US Air Force as a major support installation in the Far East during Vietnam War.